different between vegetative vs catatonia

English

Etymology

From Middle French végétatif, from Medieval Latin vegetativus, from past participle stem of vegetare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?d??te?t?v/

Adjective

vegetative (comparative more vegetative, superlative most vegetative)

1. Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth.
2. (biology) Of or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction.
3. Physically inactive.
4. (medicine) Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts.

Related terms

• persistent vegetative state
• vegetatively
• vegetativeness

See also

• comatose
• brain dead

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

vegetative

1. inflection of vegetativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

vegetative

1. feminine plural of vegetativo

English

Alternative forms

• catatony (dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (katátonos).

Noun

catatonia (usually uncountable, plural catatonias)

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.
2. (informal) A frozen, unresponsive state, as of electronic equipment.
   • 1998, David Drake, Thomas T. Thomas, Crisis of Empire Book I: An Honorable Defense

     “Relay that!” Thwaite shouted. Somewhere on the bridge a hand closed over a relay and dropped the AIDs into an electronic catatonia.

Derived terms

• catatonic

Translations

Italian

Etymology

cata- +? -tonia

Noun

catatonia f (plural catatonie)

1. catatonia

Portuguese

Noun

catatonia f (plural catatonias)

1. (psychiatry) catatonia (a severe condition characterised by a tendency to remain in a rigid state)

Spanish

Noun

catatonia f (plural catatonias)

1. catatonia