catatonic

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

Adjective

catatonic (comparative more catatonic, superlative most catatonic)

1. (medicine) of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia

Translations

of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia

• Czech: katatonický (cs), katatonní (cs)
• Finnish: katatoninen (fi)
• French: catatonique (fr)
• German: katatonisch (de)
• Icelandic: stjarfur (is) m

• Italian: catatonico (it)
• Russian: кататони́ческий (ru) (katatoníčeskij)
• Spanish: catatónico (es)
• Swedish: katatonisk (sv)

Noun

catatonic (plural catatonics)

1. (medicine) A patient in a state of catatonia.
   • Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

     I thought of children released from school; I thought of spring-awakenings after winter-sleeps; I thought of the Sleeping Beauty; and I also thought, with some foreboding, of catatonics, suddenly frenzied.