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catatonias

catatonias is the plural of catatonia.

Meaning of catatonia

Noun

catatonia (usually uncountable, plural catatonias)

  1. (usually) 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.
  2. (informal, usually) 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.1998, David Drake, Thomas T. Thomas, Crisis of Empire Book I: An Honorable Defense

Questions about catatonias

What is catatonias the plural of?
Catatonias is the plural of catatonia.

Words near catatonias in the dictionary

  1. catathesis
  2. catathrenia
  3. catatonia
  4. catatoniac
  5. catatoniacs
  6. catatonias
  7. catatonic
  8. catatonically
  9. catatonics
  10. catatonies
  11. catatonus

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