Catatonia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An abnormal condition variously characterized by stupor, stereotypy, mania, and either rigidity or extreme flexibility of the limbs. It is most often associated with schizophrenia.
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  • n. A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. an abnormal behavioral syndrome characterized by stupor, negativism, and muscular rigidity, sometimes alternating with purposeless excitement, and seen most frequently in schizophrenia; called also catatonic schizophrenia.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See katatoma.
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  • n. extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia
  • n. 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
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tonicity    tone    tonus    schizophrenia    schizophrenic psychosis   
    Form
    catatonic   
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