Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An abnormal condition variously characterized by stupor, stereotypy, mania, and either rigidity or extreme flexibility of the limbs. It is most often associated with schizophrenia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
katatoma .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Psychiatry) an abnormal behavioral syndrome characterized by stupor, negativism, and muscular rigidity, sometimes alternating with purposeless excitement, and seen most frequently in schizophrenia; called also
catatonic schizophrenia .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A severe
psychiatric condition, often associated withschizophrenia , characterized by atendency to remain in arigid state ofstupor for longperiods which give way to short periods of extremeagitation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia
- noun 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Moderate-dose PCP reactions conform most closely to the type we call catatonia—disturbances of body posture and speech.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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Moderate-dose PCP reactions conform most closely to the type we call catatonia—disturbances of body posture and speech.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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Moderate-dose PCP reactions conform most closely to the type we call catatonia—disturbances of body posture and speech.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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He kept thinking there must be something that he had not tried, that her catatonia was a condition he could change if he could just figure out what was needed.
Morgawr BROOKS, Terry 2002
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He kept thinking there must be something that he had not tried, that her catatonia was a condition he could change if he could just figure out what was needed.
Morgawr Brooks, Terry 2002
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He kept thinking there must be something that he had not tried, that her catatonia was a condition he could change if he could just figure out what was needed.
Morgawr Brooks, Terry 2002
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In 1934, Stauder coined the term lethal catatonia to characterize an acute, intense excitement state, combining features of mania and delirium, that was associated with fever often high and catatonic signs.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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If the FDA accepts the panel's recommendation, the agency will require testing for all uses except "catatonia" which was recommended for Category II, requiring less stringent testing.
Dr. Peter Breggin: FDA Panel Recommends Testing of ECT Machines Dr. Peter Breggin 2011
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If the FDA accepts the panel's recommendation, the agency will require testing for all uses except "catatonia" which was recommended for Category II, requiring less stringent testing.
Dr. Peter Breggin: FDA Panel Recommends Testing of ECT Machines Dr. Peter Breggin 2011
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Strangled to a kind of catatonia, she falls upon a daybed and has her throat slashed - by this point it is unclear whether that is adding insult to injury or vice versa.
31 Screams: Uta Levka Arbogast 2008
Louises commented on the word catatonia
"Vampires, not surprisingly, have an on-off love affair with catatonia". "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
February 25, 2012