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CATATONIC SCHIZ (3)
CATATONIC SCHIZ (3)
ScnMaster
(
psychiatry
)
short
for
catatonic
schizophrenic
, a very
fancy
word which means a person who is in a
state
where he lies still,
stiff
and never moves.
Catatonic
refers to a seizure in which a person becomes rigid and unconscious.
See also
schizophrenia
in this glossary.
—
HDA
Tapes (
Oakland
Lectures) Approved Glossary (16.4.92)