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catatonia
[ kat-uh-toh-nee-uh, -tohn-yuh ]
noun
, Psychiatry.
- a syndrome seen most frequently in schizophrenia, characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion.
catatonia
/ ˌkætəˈtəʊnɪə; ˌkætəˈtɒnɪk /
noun
- a state of muscular rigidity and stupor, sometimes found in schizophrenia
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Derived Forms
- catatonic, adjectivenoun
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Other Words From
- cata·toni·ac noun
- cat·a·ton·ic [kat-, uh, -, ton, -ik], adjective noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of catatonia1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of catatonia1
C20: New Latin, from German Katatonie, from cata- + -tonia, from Greek tonos tension
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Example Sentences
It is true that it is frequent in catatonia but is not exclusively there.
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Taxonomic zeal began to blind vision when Kahlbaum formulated his "Catatonia" and included stupor in the symptom complex.
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Fortunately Kahlbaum prevented serious error by leaving the prognosis of his catatonia open.
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Most of these cases are usually called catatonia, depression, allied to manic-depressive insanity or allied to dementia prcox.
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After weeks of neglecting his tip sheet to study catatonia, he felt close to the payoff.
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