Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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schizophrenic psychosis | Yes | No | No | No |
catatonia | Yes | No | No | No |
schizophrenic psychosis (noun) | catatonia (noun) |
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any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact | 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 |
extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia |