catatonia
英 [,kætə'təʊnɪə]
美[,kætə'tonɪə]
- n. [内科] 紧张症
英英释义
- 1. extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia
- 2. 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
中文词源
catatonia 紧张症
cata-, 向下。-ton, 拉，紧张，词源同tense, tone.
英文词源
- catatonia (n.)
- 1888, from medical Latin catatonia; replacing katatonia (1880s), which was formed directly from Greek kata- "down" (see cata-) + tonos "tone" (see tenet) + abstract noun ending -ia.