catatonia

[kat-uh-toh-nee-uh, -tohn-yuh] Origin

cat·a·to·ni·a

[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.

Origin:
1915–20; cata- + -tonia

cat·a·to·ni·ac, noun
cat·a·ton·ic [kat-uh-ton-ik] , adjective, noun
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Catatonia has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
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catatonia (ˌkætəˈtəʊnɪə)
 
n
a state of muscular rigidity and stupor, sometimes found in schizophrenia
 
[C20: New Latin, from German Katatonie, from cata- + -tonia, from Greek tonos tension]
 
catatonic
 
adj, —n

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catatonia
1888, from Mod.L. catatonia (see catatonic).
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catatonia cat·a·to·ni·a (kāt'ə-tō'nē-ə)
n.
An abnormal condition often associated with schizophrenia and variously characterized by stupor, stereotypy, mania, and either rigidity or extreme flexibility of the limbs.


cat'a·ton'ic (-tŏn'ĭk) adj.

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