Definitions for catatonia

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catatonia cat·a·to·ni·a

Spelling: [kat-uh-toh-nee-uh, -tohn-y Catatonia is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 190 anagrams from letters in catatonia (aaacinott).

Definitions for catatonia

noun

1. a syndrome seen most frequently in schizophrenia, characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion.

Origin of catatonia

First recorded in 1915-20; cata- + -tonia

Examples for catatonia

Fortunately Kahlbaum prevented serious error by leaving the prognosis of his catatonia open.

Taxonomic zeal began to blind vision when Kahlbaum formulated his "catatonia" and included stupor in the symptom complex.

It is true that it is frequent in catatonia but is not exclusively there.

Then you can check your notes and decide if it's schizophrenia, or catatonia, or psychasthenia, or what not.