catatonia

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. uncountable,usually
  2. A frozen, unresponsive state, as of electronic equipment. informal,uncountable,usually
    — “Relay that!” Thwaite shouted. Somewhere on the bridge a hand closed over a relay and dropped the AIDs into an electronic catatonia.

词形变化

catatonias plural catatony alternative,dated

词汇关系

衍生词
catatonic

词源

From international scientific vocabulary, from German Katatonie, from New Latin catatonia, from a Greek word meaning to stretch tight. By surface analysis, cata- + tone + -ia.
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