English noun: catatonia | |||
1. | catatonia (state) extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | tone, tonicity, tonus | ||
Part meronym | catatonia, 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 | ||
Synonyms | catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dementia praecox, schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis | ||
Part holonym | catatonia | ||