Catatonia

Definitions

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.
   uncountable, usually
2. A frozen, unresponsive state, as of electronic equipment.
   informal, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

““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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