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Relating to rigidity and reduced responsiveness in which posture may be maintained.
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- cataleptic state
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The doctor examined the cataleptic state.
He remained cataleptic as the room stirred.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Normally non-gradable in clinical or relational use; degree comparison is limited to naturally gradable figurative applications. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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