catatonian.

/katəˈtəʊnɪə/

Forms: Also 1800s katatonia.

Etymology: < Greek κατά down + -τονία, < τόνος tone n.

Pathology.

A form of insanity, characterized by epilepsy and catalepsy.

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catatonia1917

1889 in Cent. Dict.

1917 C. R. Payne tr. O. Pfister Psychoanalytic 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.

1956 A. 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.

1963 New Scientist 18 July 146 The inert state called catatonia which is characteristic of some kinds of schizophrenia.

Derivatives

cataˈtoniac n. one who is affected with catatonia.

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catatoniac1888

catatonic1908

1888 Alien. & Neurol. July 458 Kiernan found four head injuries among 30 katatoniacs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	catatonia
释义	catatonian. /katəˈtəʊnɪə/ Forms: Also 1800s katatonia. Etymology: < Greek κατά down + -τονία, < τόνος tone n. Pathology. A form of insanity, characterized by epilepsy and catalepsy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > catatonia catatonia1917 1889 in Cent. Dict. 1917 C. R. Payne tr. O. Pfister Psychoanalytic 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. 1956 A. 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. 1963 New Scientist 18 July 146 The inert state called catatonia which is characteristic of some kinds of schizophrenia. Derivatives cataˈtoniac n. one who is affected with catatonia. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > catatonia > person catatoniac1888 catatonic1908 1888 Alien. & Neurol. July 458 Kiernan found four head injuries among 30 katatoniacs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1888
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