catatonic schizophrenia

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catatonic 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

catatonic type schizophrenia, catatonia

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

catatonia - extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia

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