Medical dictionary. 2011.
catatonic schizophrenia — 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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 • Syn: ↑catatonic type schizophrenia, ↑catatonia • Derivationally… … Useful english dictionary
catatonic — cata·ton·ic .kat ə tän ik adj of, relating to, marked by, or affected with catatonia <catatonic schizophrenia> <catatonic rigidity> <catatonic patients> cata·ton·i·cal·ly i k(ə )lē adv catatonic n a catatonic individual * * *… … Medical dictionary
catatonic type 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 • Syn: ↑catatonic schizophrenia, ↑catatonia • Derivationally related … Useful english dictionary
schizophrenia — Synonyms and related words: alternating personality, brain disease, catatonia, catatonic schizophrenia, crack up, dementia praecox, depersonalization, disconnection, dissociation, dissociation of personality, double personality, dual personality … Moby Thesaurus
catatonic excitement — periods of uncontrollable, unorganized, and apparently purposeless motor activity, without euphoria or other symptoms of mania; characteristic of catatonic schizophrenia … Medical dictionary
catatonic posturing — assumption of bizarre, fixed poses, sometimes with waxy flexibility, characteristic of catatonic schizophrenia … Medical dictionary
catatonic rigidity — maintenance of a rigid posture in spite of attempts to be moved, characteristic of catatonic schizophrenia … Medical dictionary
catatonic stupor — the extreme decrease in reactivity to the environment and in spontaneous activity characteristic of catatonic schizophrenia … Medical dictionary
Schizophrenia: Emergence — (See also Psychosis: Emergence; Schizophrenia: Recent Concepts; Unitary Psychosis; Wernicke–Kleist–Leonhard Pathway.) Schizophrenia remains among the most puzzling of all diseases in psychiatry because there is no single symptom… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
