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cataplexy

[ kat-uh-plek-see ]

noun

  1. Pathology. a condition characterized by sudden, brief attacks of muscle weakness sometimes causing the body to fall helplessly, that is usually triggered by strong emotion: often associated with narcolepsy.


cataplexy

/ 藞办忙迟蓹藢辫濒蓻办蝉瑟 /

noun

  1. sudden temporary paralysis, brought on by severe shock
  2. a state of complete absence of movement assumed by animals while shamming death
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢肠补迟补藞辫濒别肠迟颈肠, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠补迟路补路辫濒别肠路迟颈肠 [kat-, uh, -, plek, -tik], adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cataplexy1

1880鈥85; < German Kataplexie < Greek 办补迟谩辫濒脓虫颈蝉 (with suffix probably by analogy with Apoplexie apoplexy ) fixation (of the eyes), equivalent to 办补迟补辫濒脓办- (variant stem of 办补迟补辫濒岣梥蝉别颈苍 to strike down) + -sis -sis
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cataplexy1

C19: from Greek 办补迟补辫濒脓虫颈蝉 amazement, from 办补迟补辫濒脓蝉蝉别颈苍 to strike down (with amazement), confound, from kata- down + 辫濒脓蝉蝉别颈苍 to strike
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A lawyer who had taken GHB for narcolepsy for 19 years testified that his cataplexy 鈥渄isappeared almost overnight,鈥 with no side effects.

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The advisory committee recommended the agency approve Xyrem for narcolepsy with cataplexy, which it did in 2002.

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A century later, it was sold as a dietary supplement in the United States, and academic researchers began reporting that it greatly improved the nighttime sleep of people with narcolepsy and curbed their daytime sleep attacks, called cataplexy.

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She suffered injuries in the fire, and also has pre-existing neurological conditions, including narcolepsy and cataplexy, which cause her to collapse when experiencing strong emotions.

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Could this be a rare disease known as cataplexy?

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