catatonia
cat·a·to·nia
noun \ˌka-tə-ˈtō-nē-ə\Definition of CATATONIA
: catatonic schizophrenia
Origin of CATATONIA
New Latin, from German Katatonie, from kata- cata- + New Latin -tonia
First Known Use: circa 1891
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