Catatonia - Definition
catatonia
n 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 [syn:
catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia,
catatonia]