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What is another word for apparent death?

Pronunciation: [ɐpˈaɹənt dˈɛθ] (IPA)

Apparent death is a condition that is commonly referred to as feigning death or playing possum. Several synonyms that exist for the words apparent death including pseudocoma, cataplexy, and catalepsy. Pseudocoma is a condition in which a person appears to be dead but is still conscious, while cataplexy involves losing control of voluntary muscles after a strong emotional trigger. On the other hand, catalepsy is a condition in which the body's muscles become stiff and rigid, and the person looks like they are in a deep sleep. All these synonyms are related to apparent death, and they describe it from a different perspective.
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  • Tomas stopped and looked at the three Oankali. “Do you believe in spirits?” “We believe in life,” Ahajas said. “Life after death?” Ahajas smoothed her tentacles briefly in agreement. “When I’m dead,” she said, “I will nourish other life.” “But I mean—” “If I died on a lifeless world, a world that could sustain some form of life if it were tenacious enough, organelles within each cell of my body would survive and evolve. In perhaps a thousand million years, that world would be as full of life as this one.” “...it would?” “Yes. Our ancestors have seeded a great many barren worlds that way. Nothing is more tenacious than the life we are made of. A world of life from apparent death, from dissolution. That’s what we believe in.” “Nothing more?” Ahajas became smooth enough with amusement to reflect firelight. “No, Lelka. Nothing more.”
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