catochus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The trance-like mental state of a cataleptic patient.

Word forms

catochus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάτοχος (kátokhos, “catalepsy”), from κατέχω (katékhō, “hold down”).

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