Associations to the word «Catatonia»

Dictionary definition

CATATONIA, noun. Extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia.
CATATONIA, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats