catatonia
英 [,kætə'təʊnɪə]
美[,kætə'tonɪə]
- n. [内科] 紧张症
英英释意
- 1. extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia
- 2. 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