| trance | 1. A tedious journey. 2. A state in which the soul seems to have passed out of the body into another state of being, or to be rapt into visions; an ecstasy. 3. <neurology> A condition, often simulating death, in which there is a total suspension of the power of voluntary movement, with abolition of all evidences of mental activity and the reduction to a minimum of all the vital functions so that the patient lies still and apparently unconscious of surrounding objects, while the pulsation of the heart and the breathing, although still present, are almost or altogether imperceptible. "He fell down in a trance." (Chaucer) Origin: F. Transe fright, in OF. Also, trance or swoon, fr. Transir to chill, benumb, to be chilled, to shiver, OF. Also, to die, L. Transire to pass over, go over, pass away, cease; trans across, over + ire to go; cf. L. Transitus a passing over. (17 Mar 1998) |
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| trance coma | The deep sleep following major hypnosis. Synonym: trance coma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| somnambulistic trance | A state of somnambulism, paralysis, anaesthesia, or catalepsy induced by suggestion in major hypnosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| death trance | A condition of suspended animation, marked by unconsciousness and barely perceptible respiration and heart action. (05 Mar 2000) |
| induced trance | The artificially induced state of hypnosis or of somnambulistic trance. (05 Mar 2000) |