Usually means: Rigidity maintaining imposed body positions.
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  3. Waxy flexibility: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. waxy flexibility: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (waxy flexibility)

noun:  (medicine) A psychomotor symptom of catatonic schizophrenia which leads to a decreased response to stimuli and a tendency to remain in an immobile posture.

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