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
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catatonia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia |
| Type of | dementia praecox, schizophrenic psychosis, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenia |
| Derivation | catatonic |
Examples of catatonia
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Naoya is sometimes left in a state of catatonia after a particularly shocking vision.
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Michael enters a state of catatonia and remains that way for fifteen years.
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Catatonia has many possible causes-psychiatric, neurological, or medical.
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People with catatonia lose the ability to control their movements.
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Catatonia, the band she fronted, had had a string of hits and Matthews made the most of it while it lasted.
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Catatonia is a state of neurogenic motor immobility, and behavioral abnormality manifested by stupor.
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There is growing evidence for the effectiveness of NMDA antagonists for benzodiazepine resistant catatonia.
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It is a symptom of catatonia and can last for many hours.
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At one point about 2 years later, we found him lying in a bathtub speechless in a state of catatonia.
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- Extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia
- Catatonic schizophrenia: 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) characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs
- Catatonia is a syndrome of psychological and motorological disturbances. Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum first described it in 1874: Die Katatonie oder das Spannungirresein (Catatonia or Tension Insanity). ...
- Catatonia were an alternative rock band from Wales who gained a national following in the United Kingdom in the mid to late 1990s. ...
- (Catatonic (song)) "Catatonic" is the only single by Babes in Toyland that was split and their second release on Insipid Records.
- (catatonic) of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia
- (CATATONIC) a feline medicinal drink
- (Catatonic) (Net) : No longer responding to input. Used of both hardware, software and 'runners.
