latah

latah
One of the pathologic startle syndromes. A culture-bound disorder characterized by an exaggerated physical response to being startled or to unexpected suggestion, the subjects involuntarily uttering cries or executing movements in response to command or in imitation of what they hear or see in others. SEE ALSO: jumping disease. [Malay, ticklish]

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la·tah 'lät-ə n a neurotic condition marked by automatic obedience, echolalia, and echopraxia observed esp. among the Malayan people

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n.
a pattern of behaviour seen especially in certain cultures, such as that of Malaysia. After a psychological shock the affected individual becomes very anxious and very suggestible and shows excessive obedience and pathological imitation of the actions of another person (echopraxia).

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la·tah (lahґtah) a culture-specific type of jumping disease seen chiefly among the Malays and other people of Southeast Asia, characterized by hypersuggestibility, echolalia, echopraxis, coprolalia, disorganization, and automatic obedience. It may be identical to myriachit.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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