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Meaning of catatonia

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catatonia

noun

Definitions

  1. A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.

  2. A frozen, unresponsive state, as of electronic equipment.