catatonia

/ˈkædəˌtoʊniə/

Definitions of catatonia

1. noun

   extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia
   type of:

   tone, tonicity, tonus

   the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
2. 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
   synonyms: catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia

   type 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