catalepsy
C1CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
A trance-like state of rigid immobility in which the body maintains whatever posture it is placed in.
In his catalepsy the arm remained aloft for minutes after the examiner had raised it, held as if by an unseen splint.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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