catatonia
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
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