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CATATONIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Pertainym:
catatonia (extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia)
Derivation:
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 (extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia)
