名詞 catatonia:

1. extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia
2. 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
   同義詞：catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia

cat.a.to.ni.a

n.（名詞）
An abnormal condition variously characterized by stupor, stereotypy, mania, and either rigidity or extreme flexibility of the limbs. It is most often associated with schizophrenia.
緊張癥：以昏迷、癡呆、癲狂以及肢體的僵硬或極度疲軟等不同狀況為特征的不正常狀態(tài)。它常伴隨有精神分裂癥

來(lái)源：
New Latin
現(xiàn)代拉丁語(yǔ)
from German Katatonie
源自 德語(yǔ) Katatonie
from Greek katatonos [stretching tight]
源自 希臘語(yǔ) katatonos [拉緊]
from katateinein [to stretch tight]
源自 katateinein [提緊]
kata- [intensive pref.] * see cata-
kata- [強(qiáng)調(diào)性前綴] *參見(jiàn) cata-
teinein [to stretch] * see ten-
teinein [伸長(zhǎng)] *參見(jiàn) ten-

【引伸】
cat.aton.ic
cat.aton.ically
adv.（副詞）