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Catatonia logo #10101) Extreme tonus 2) Muscular rigidity 3) Psychiatric syndrome 4) State when in extreme shock 5) Stuporous condition 6) Tone 7) Tonicity 8) Tonus 9) Welsh alternative rock band
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Catatonia

Catatonia logo #21000 Catatonia is a state of neurogenic motor immobility and behavioral abnormality manifested by stupor. It was first described in 1874 by Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum, in Die Katatonie oder das Spannungsirresein (Catatonia or Tension Insanity). In the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Associat...
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catatonia

catatonia logo #20721Schizophrenia marked by excessive, and sometimes violent, motor activity and excitement, or by generalized inhibition.
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Catatonia

Catatonia logo #20898Marked motor abnormalities including catalepsy (waxy flexibility - rigid maintenance of a body position over an extended period of time); stupor; apparently purposeless agitation not influenced by external stimuli; apparent motiveless resistance to instructions or attempts to be moved; mutism; stereotyped movements; echolalia and echopraxia.
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catatonia

catatonia logo #20973<neurology, psychiatry> A syndrome of psychomotor disturbances seen in schizophrenic disorders characterised by periods of either muscular rigidity, excitement or stupor. ... (16 Mar 1998) ...
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catatonia

catatonia logo #21001(kat″ә-to´ne-ә) a sizable group of motor abnormalities, most involving extreme under- or overactivity, associated primarily with catatonic schizophrenia but also with other disorders. Included are motoric immobility, excessive motor activity, extreme negativism or mutism, unusual mannerisms, ster...
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catatonia

catatonia logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: kat′ă-tō′nē-ă Definitions: 1. A syndrome of psychomotor disturbances characterized by periods of physical rigidity, negativism, or stupor; may occur in schizophrenia, mood disorders, or organic mental disorders.
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catatonia

catatonia logo #22092Schizophrenic condition where the patient is unresponsive to external stimuli.
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catatonia

catatonia logo #20400[n] - extreme tonus
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catatonia

catatonia logo #21009catatonia, katatonia; catatonic, katatonic 1. A form of insanity, characterized by epilepsy and catalepsy. 2. An abnormal condition often associated with schizophrenia and variously characterized by stupor, stereotypy, mania, and either rigidity or extreme flexibility of the limbs.
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catatonia

catatonia logo #21009catatonia, catatonic In psychiatry, a syndrome, especially of schizophrenia, marked by stupor or catalepsy; often alternating with phases of excitement (a stretching down; depression).
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Catatonia

Catatonia logo #20836Complex disorder covering a range of abnormalities of posture, movement, speech and behaviour associated with over- as well as under-activity.
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