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    CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA

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     I. (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 excitementplay

    Synonyms:

    catatonia; catatonic schizophrenia; catatonic type schizophrenia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    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)

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