CATATONIC


Meaning of CATATONIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈtä-nik ]

adjective

Date: 1904

1. : of, relating to, being, resembling, or affected by schizophrenia characterized especially by a marked psychomotor disturbance that may involve stupor or mutism, negativism, rigidity, purposeless excitement, and inappropriate or bizarre posturing

2. : characterized by a marked lack of movement, activity, or expression

• catatonic noun

• cat·a·ton·i·cal·ly -ni-k(ə-)lē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.