Med. Obs. [Gr. κατοχή catalepsy (Galen), f. κατέχειν to hold down, take possession of, seize.] = next.
1656. Ridgley, Pract. Physic, 53. It differs … from a Catoche, because in Carus the eyes are shut.
1707. Floyer, Physic. Pulse-Watch, 129. The Pulse in the Catoche remain’d entire.
