Usually means: Sudden, temporary muscle weakness, emotion-triggered.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. cataplexy: Merriam-Webster
  2. cataplexy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cataplexy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cataplexy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cataplexy: Wordnik
  6. cataplexy: Wiktionary
  7. cataplexy: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. cataplexy: Dictionary.com
  9. Cataplexy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. cataplexy: FreeDictionary.org
  11. cataplexy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. cataplexy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cataplexy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. cataplexy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Cataplexy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Cataplexy: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. cataplexy: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  8. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  9. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  10. cataplexy: Medical dictionary
  11. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  12. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  13. Cataplexy: Drug Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cataplexy: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (medicine) An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.

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