Dictionary

1. (

• catatonia ,

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

2. (

• catatonic_schizophrenia ,
• catatonic_type_schizophrenia ,
• 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 ;