| NOUN | state | catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia, catatonia | a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods |
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| Meaning | A form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give ... / give way to short periods of extreme / extreme excitement. | |
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| Synonyms | catatonic type schizophrenia, catatonia | |
| Parts | catatonia | extreme / extreme tonus |
| Broader | schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox | Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact |
| Spanish | catatonia, catatonía | |
| Catalan | catatonia | |
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