CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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:

catatonia; catatonic schizophrenia; catatonic type schizophrenia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("catatonic schizophrenia" is a kind of...):

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)

Meronyms (parts of "catatonic schizophrenia"):

catatonia (extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia)

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