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In medicine, an abnormal state in which the
patient is apparently or actually unconscious
and the muscles become rigid. There is no
response to stimuli, and the rate of
heartbeat and breathing is slow. A similar
condition can be drug-induced or produced by
hypnosis, but catalepsy as ordinarily
understood occurs spontaneously in epilepsy,
schizophrenia, and other nervous disorders.
It is essentially an extreme form of
resistive stupor, generally considered to be
a defence against the environment or reality.