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CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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