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catatonia Path.|kætəˈtəʊnɪə|
Also 9 katatonia.
[f. Gr. κατά down + -τονία, from τόνος tone.]
A form of insanity, characterized by epilepsy and catalepsy.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1917C. R. Payne tr. Pfister's Psychoanal. Method i. vi. 132 Probably there was catatonia; her brother suffered from a severe form of this disease and was cared for in an insane asylum. 1937‘C. Caudwell’ Illusion & Reality 258 In catatonia the affects are repressed. 1956A. Huxley Heaven & Hell App. 84 In psychological terms..from catatonia and feelings of unreality to a sense of heightened reality in vision and, finally, in mystical experience. 1963New Scientist 18 July 146 The inert state called catatonia which is characteristic of some kinds of schizophrenia.
Hence cataˈtoniac, one who is affected with catatonia.
1888Alien. & Neurol. July 458 Kiernan found four head injuries among 30 katatoniacs. |