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語源

From New Latin catatonia, from Ancient Greek κατάτονος (katátonos, “more broad than high”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /kætəˈtoʊniə/

名詞

catatonia (usually uncountable, 複数形 catatonias)

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.
2. (informal) A frozen, unresponsive state, as of electronic equipment.
   • 1998, David Drake, Thomas T. Thomas, Crisis of Empire Book I: An Honorable Defense

     “Relay that!” Thwaite shouted. Somewhere on the bridge a hand closed over a relay and dropped the AIDs into an electronic catatonia.

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