catatonia
noun/ˌkætəˈtəʊniə/
/ˌkætəˈtəʊniə/
[uncountable] (medical)- a condition resulting from a mental illness, especially schizophrenia, in which a person does not move for long periodsTopics Mental healthc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: from cata- ‘badly’ + Greek tonos ‘tone or tension’.
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