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flexibilitas cerea

flexibilitas cerea Flexibilitas cerea is a historical term for a catatonic sign in which, if a person’s resistance is slight or can be overcome, their limbs can be placed and left in unusual or uncomfortable positions.

Flexibilitas cerea is a historical term for a catatonic sign in which, if a person’s resistance is slight or can be overcome, their limbs can be placed and left in unusual or uncomfortable positions. It refers to this waxy-seeming maintenance of an imposed posture.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Katatonia” (Katatonia).
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