English Dictionary

catatonia

/kætəˈtoʊniə/

noun

A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.

She was diagnosed with catatonia and was admitted to the psychiatric hospital.

意味（1）

A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.

意味（2）

(informal) A frozen, unresponsive state, as of electronic equipment.

“Relay that!” Thwaite shouted. Somewhere on the bridge a hand closed over a relay and dropped the AIDs into an electronic catatonia.