catatonic schizophrenia

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catatonic schizophrenia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  catatonia \cat`a*ton"ia\ n. [Gr. katatonos, stretching down,
     depressed, fr. kata` down + to`nos stretching, straining,
     tone (sound). --Stedman.] (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.
     [PJC]

catatonic schizophrenia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  catatonic schizophrenia
      n 1: 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 [syn: catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia
           , catatonia]