catatonia Meaning and Definition
Urdu Meanings
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غَشی
ghashi
سَکتہ
saktah
پراگندہ ذہنی
paragandah zehni
Definitions
English definition for catatonia
1. n. 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
2. n. extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia
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Catatonia is a state of neurogenic motor immobility and behavioral abnormality manifested by stupor. It was first described in 1874 by Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum, in Die Katatonie oder das Spannungsirresein (Catatonia or Tension Insanity).
International Languages
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