CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does catatonic schizophrenia mean? 

• CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA (noun)
  The noun CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

catatonia; catatonic schizophrenia; catatonic type schizophrenia

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)