catatonic type schizophrenia

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   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

   Synonymscatatonic schizophreniacatatonia

   Broaderschizophrenia

   Partscatatonia

Questions about catatonic type schizophrenia

What does catatonic type schizophrenia mean?

catatonic type schizophrenia means "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".

What is another word for catatonic type schizophrenia?

Close synonyms include catatonic schizophrenia, catatonia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is catatonic type schizophrenia a common word?

catatonic type schizophrenia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.