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CATATONIC SCHIZ (2)
CATATONIC SCHIZ (2)
ScnMaster
(
psychiatry
)
short
for
catatonic
schizophrenic
, a very
fancy
word
which means a person is in a
state
where he lies still,
stiff
and never moves. A
schizophrenic
is a person suffering from
schizophrenia
, meaning "a severe mental disorder in which a person becomes unable to
act
or
reason
in a rational way."
Catatonic
refers to a seizure in which a person becomes rigid and
unconscious
.
—
PDC
Volume 4 Approved Glossary