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Catatonia

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Noun

1. catatonia

extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia

2. catatonia, catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Catatonia

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noun
a state of muscular rigidity and stupor, sometimes found in schizophrenia

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Catatonia

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noun
Psychiatry
a syndrome, esp. of schizophrenia, marked by stupor or catalepsy, often alternating with phases of excitement

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Catatonia

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n.
A psychological condition marked by severe decreases or increases of movement. It is variously characterized by stupor, stereotypy, mutism, catalepsy, agitation, and extreme flexibility or rigidity of the limbs and is most often associated with schizophrenia.

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