a. [mod. ad. Gr. καταπληκτικ-ός fitted to strike or be stricken down: see CATAPLEXY.] Of or pertaining to cataplexy.
1883. Romanes, Ment. Evol. Anim., xviii. 309. Such an animal as a wood-louse or death-watch, which fall into a kataplectic state immediately on being alarmed.
