- catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia, catatonia - 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
--1 is a kind of schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox
--1 has parts: catatonia