cataplexyn.
/ˈkataplɛksi/ The temporary paralysis or hypnotic state in animals when ‘shamming death’.
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sleepwalking1797
death trance1822
hypnotism1843
somnolism1849
trance-coma1849
trance-sleep1849
trance1861
hypnosis1882
cataplexy1883
hypnotization1884
1883 G. J. Romanes Mental Evol. Animals xviii. 308 The researches of Professor Preyer on the hypnotism of animals..showed that fright is a strong predisposing cause of ‘Kataplexy’, or mesmeric sleep in animals..He ascribes the shamming dead of insects to the exclusive influence of kataplexy.
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