echopraxia

echopraxia
Involuntary imitation of movements made by another. See echopathy. SYN: echomotism. [echo + G. praxis, action]

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echo·prax·ia .ek-ō-'prak-sē-ə n pathological repetition of the actions of other people as if echoing them

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n.
pathological imitation of the actions of another person. It may be a symptom of catatonia or of latah.

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echo·prax·ia (ek″o-prakґse-ə) [echo + Gr. praxia action, from prassein to perform] stereotyped imitation of the movements of another person; seen sometimes in catatonic schizophrenia and Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.

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