catatonia
English edit
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- catatony (dated)
Etymology edit
From international scientific vocabulary, from German Katatonie, from New Latin catatonia, from a Greek word meaning to stretch tight. By surface analysis, cata- + tone + -ia.
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Noun edit
catatonia (usually uncountable, plural catatonias)
- A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.
- (informal) A frozen, unresponsive state, as of electronic equipment.
- 1998, David Drake, Thomas T. Thomas, Crisis of Empire Book I: An Honorable Defense:
- “Relay that!” Thwaite shouted. Somewhere on the bridge a hand closed over a relay and dropped the AIDs into an electronic catatonia.
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Translations edit
severe psychiatric condition
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Italian edit
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catatonia f (plural catatonie)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧to‧ni‧a
Noun edit
catatonia f (plural catatonias)
- (psychiatry) catatonia (a severe condition characterised by a tendency to remain in a rigid state)
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catatonia f (plural catatonias)
Further reading edit
- “catatonia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014