Found 2 items, similar to catatonia.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: catatonia catatonia n 1: extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia 2: 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 ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: catatonia 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]