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PLEASE EXPLAIN THESE TERMS
1-STUPOR
2-TWILIGHT
3-ONEROID
4-AKINETIC MUTISM

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stupor=A state of impaired consciousness in which the individual shows a marked diminution in reactivity to environmental stimuli; only continual stimulation arouses the individual.

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ONEIROID PSYCHOSIS

( own - EYE - roid ) from Greek "oneiros," dream.

In the Oneiroid state one feels and behaves as though in a dream. One may be deeply perplexed and not fully oriented in time and place. During this state of clouded consciousness, one may experience feelings of ecstasy and rapidly shifting hallucinated scenes.

"Oneiroid psychosis is characterized by an acute, confused dreamlike state."
- From the Bantam Medical Dictionary

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Akinetic mutism is a medical term describing patients who tend neither to speak (mutism) nor move (akinesia). It is the result of severe frontal lobe damage in which the pattern of inhibitory control is one of increasing passivity and gradually decreasing speech and motion.

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