English Dictionary

catatonic

IPA（発音記号）

/kæ.təˈtɑn.ɪk/

形容詞

比喩的用法

(medicine) Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.

日本語の意味

カタトニアに関連する、またはカタトニアに苦しむ状態。長期間にわたって無反応で硬直した状態が続いた後、短時間の極度の興奮状態に移行する傾向がある状態。

During the evaluation, the catatonic patient did not respond to any verbal prompts and remained motionless for hours.

検査の間、カタトニア状態にある患者は言葉かけに全く反応せず、何時間も動かないままだった。

意味（1）

(medicine) Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.

However, he was looking a lot more catatonic and depressed before and sometimes we find that on the anti-depressants you remove the depression and uncover the paranoid stuff and we may have to give him larger quantities of tranquilizers just to tone this down.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Motionless and unresponsive, as from shock; withdrawn.

He made Yossarian think of cripples and of cold and hungry men and women, and of all the dumb, passive, devout mothers with catatonic eyes nursing infants outdoors that same night with chilled animal udders bared insensibly to that same raw rain.

more catatonic （ comparative ）

most catatonic （ superlative ）