catatonia

Noun
  1. Extreme tonus;
    Muscular rigidity;
    A common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia (synset 114568647)
    is a type of: tone, tonicity, tonus - the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
    is a part of: catatonia, catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia - 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
  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 (synset 114422520)
    is a 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
    has: catatonia - extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia
    same as: catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia

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