catatonia

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noun

1. extreme tonus;
muscular rigidity;
a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia
• Derivationally related forms:
catatonic
• Hypernyms:
tonicity, tonus, tone
• Part Holonyms:
catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia
2. a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods;
the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement
• Syn:
catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia
• Derivationally related forms:
catatonic
• Hypernyms:
schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox