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waxy flexibility

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Main Entry: waxy flexibility
Function: noun
: a condition in which a patient's limbs retain any position into which they are manipulated by another person and whichoccurs especially in catatonic schizophrenia —compare CATALEPSY
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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