catatonia
noun /ˌkætəˈtəʊniə/
/ˌkætəˈtəʊniə/
[uncountable] (medical)- a condition resulting from a mental illness, especially schizophrenia, in which a person does not move for long periodsTopics Illnessc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: from cata- ‘badly’ + Greek tonos ‘tone or tension’.