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catatonic (encz) | catatonic,ztuhlý Martin M. |
catatonic (gcide) | catatonic \cat`a*ton"ic\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to catatonia; suffering from catatonia.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. appearing mentally stupefied, unresponsive, and
motionless, or almost so; seemingly unaware of one's
environment. [Colloq.]
[PJC] |
catatonic (gcide) | catatonic \catatonic\ n.
a person suffering from catatonia.
[PJC] |
catatonic (wn) | catatonic
adj 1: characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or
extreme laxness of limbs |
catatonic (foldoc) | catatonic
A description of a system that gives no indication
that it is still working. This might be because it has
crashed without being able to give any error message or
because it is busy but not designed to give any feedback.
Compare buzz.
[Jargon File]
(2004-08-19)
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catatonic (jargon) | catatonic
adj.
Describes a condition of suspended animation in which something is so {
wedged} or hung that it makes no response. If you are typing on a
terminal and suddenly the computer doesn't even echo the letters back to
the screen as you type, let alone do what you're asking it to do, then the
computer is suffering from catatonia (possibly because it has crashed). “
There I was in the middle of a winning game of nethack and it went
catatonic on me! Aaargh!” Compare buzz.
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| podobné slovo | definícia |
catatonic schizophrenia (encz) | catatonic schizophrenia, n: |
catatonic type schizophrenia (encz) | catatonic type schizophrenia, n: |
catatonic schizophrenia (gcide) | catatonia \cat`a*ton"ia\ n. [Gr. katatonos, stretching down,
depressed, fr. kata` down + to`nos stretching, straining,
tone (sound). --Stedman.] (Psychiatry)
an abnormal behavioral syndrome characterized by stupor,
negativism, and muscular rigidity, sometimes alternating with
purposeless excitement, and seen most frequently in
schizophrenia; called also catatonic schizophrenia.
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catatonic schizophrenia (wn) | catatonic schizophrenia
n 1: 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 [syn: catatonic schizophrenia, {catatonic type
schizophrenia}, catatonia] |
catatonic type schizophrenia (wn) | catatonic type schizophrenia
n 1: 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 [syn: catatonic schizophrenia, {catatonic type
schizophrenia}, catatonia] |
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