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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread cataleptic #113485 10/12/2003 1:50 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "Mrs Snagsby replies by delivering herself a prey to spasms; not an unresisting prey, but a crying and a tearing one, so that Cook’s Court re-echoes with her shrieks. Finally, becoming cataleptic," Definition: \Cat"a*lep`sy\, Catalepsis \Cat`a*lep"sis\, n. [NL. catalepsis, fr. Gr. ? a seizure, fr. ? to seize upon; kata` down + ? to take, seize.] (Med.) A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of the heart and lungs continues. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cataleptic #113486 12/26/2003 7:46 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... So, cross-threading I, cataleptic seizures are characterized by neither clonic nor tonic convulsions. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cataleptic #113487 12/26/2003 7:54 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW: you remind me of a character disorder who hid out from prosecution by faking symptoms to get into mental hospital. Long enough ago that they had several catatonic schizophrenics, who were like living wax statues. He would manipulate them into ludicrous positions which they would maintain until on rounds profs and students would find them and wonder how they got that way. As far as cataleptic is concerned, there are neurologic disorder with some similarity to epilepsy, but without the motor component. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cataleptic #113488 12/27/2003 11:41 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Extraordinary tale, wwh. I would think such a manipulation of these pitiful people would have been used in some film about psychiatric hospitals, people can be such insensitives in their treatment of the unfortunate. I'm reminded of city cow-tippers would think they are so clever to tip and cow and never consider the cow's point of view. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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