Synonyms for catatonia

Noun

1. catatonia, tonicity, tonus, tone

usage: extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia

2. catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia, catatonia, schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox

usage: 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