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English noun: catatonia

1. catatonia (state) extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia


Broader (hypernym)tone, tonicity, tonus


Part meronymcatatonia, catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia

2. catatonia (state) 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


Synonymscatatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia


Broader (hypernym)dementia praecox, schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis


Part holonymcatatonia









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