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Catatonia vs Cataplexy - What's the difference?

catatonia | cataplexy |

As nouns the difference between catatonia and cataplexy

is that catatonia is 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 while cataplexy is an abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.

catatonia

English

(wikipedia catatonia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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

    • Derived terms

    * catatonic

    cataplexy

    English

    (wikipedia cataplexy)

    Noun

    (cataplexies)
  • (medicine) An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
    • English words prefixed with cata-