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catatonic schizophrenia vs schizophrenic psychosis

schizophrenic psychosis vs catatonic schizophrenia

catatonic schizophrenia and schizophrenic psychosis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
catatonic schizophrenia Yes No No No
schizophrenic psychosis Yes No No No
As nouns, schizophrenic psychosis is a hypernym of catatonic schizophrenia; that is, schizophrenic psychosis is a word with a broader meaning than catatonic schizophrenia:
  • 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
  • schizophrenic psychosis: any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
Other hypernyms of catatonic schizophrenia include dementia praecox, schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder.
catatonic schizophrenia (noun) schizophrenic psychosis (noun)
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 any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
Difference between catatonic schizophrenia and schizophrenic psychosis

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