a. Path. [f. Gr. θάνατος death + -OID. Cf. Gr. θανατώδης.] (See quots.)
1850. Edin. Med. & Surg. Jrnl., LXXIV. 437. More entitled to attention, nevertheless, is the comparison instituted between the thanatoid state of the Faquirs and the condition of Hybernation among some of the lower animals.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex., Thanatoid, resembling death; apparently dead.
1890. in Billings, Nat. Med. Dict.
