Definition of catatonia Catatonia
cat•a•to•ni•a
We found 4 definitions of catatonia from 3 different sources.
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What does catatonia mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: catatonias |
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| catatonia - extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia | ||
| tonicity, tonus, tone the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity" | ||
| catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia, catatonia 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 | ||
| catatonia - 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 | ||
| catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia | ||
| dementia praecox, schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact | ||
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Wiktionary 
- catatonia (Noun)
A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.
Part of speech
🔤- catatonia, noun, singular of catatonias.
