hypergraphia

hypergraphia
n.
a style of writing characterized by excessive verbosity, pedantic insistence on much nonessential detail, and obsessive inclusiveness that is a feature of the type of personality disturbance frequently associated with severe epilepsy. People manifesting hypergraphia will seldom accept that they have a communication problem.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Hypergraphia — is an overwhelming urge to write. It is not itself a disorder, but can be associated with temporal lobe changes in epilepsy and mania in the context of bipolar disorder. Neurologist Alice Weaver Flaherty, in her book The Midnight Disease: The… …   Wikipedia

  • hypergraphia — noun Affliction which causes the sufferer to transcribe their thoughts uncontrollably, presumably caused by temporal lobe epilepsy, or a right cerebral stroke …   Wiktionary

  • Гиперграфия (Hypergraphia) — стиль письма, для которого характерно чрезмерное многословие, педантическая настойчивость в упоминании многих несущественных деталей и склонность к навязчивым вставкам; все это свидетельствует об имеющемся у человека нарушении психики, которое… …   Медицинские термины

  • ГИПЕРГРАФИЯ — (hypergraphia) стиль письма, для которого характерно чрезмерное многословие, педантическая настойчивость в упоминании многих несущественных деталей и склонность к навязчивым вставкам; все это свидетельствует об имеющемся у человека нарушении… …   Толковый словарь по медицине

  • Book of Ezekiel — The Book of Ezekiel is a book of the Hebrew Bible (of the Books of the Bible) named after the prophet Ezekiel. Historical background The Book of Ezekiel was written for the captives of the tribe of Judah living in exile in Babylon following the… …   Wikipedia

  • Vincent van Gogh — Infobox Artist name = Vincent van Gogh imagesize = 170px caption = Self portrait (1887) birthname = Vincent Willem van Gogh died at age of = 37 birthdate = Birth date|1853|3|30|df=yes location = Zundert, The Netherlands deathdate = Death date and …   Wikipedia

  • List of psychology topics — This page aims to list all topics related to psychology. This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related changes in the sidebar. It is also to see the gaps in Wikipedia s coverage of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Neurotheology — Not to be confused with neuroethology. Part of a series on God General conceptio …   Wikipedia

  • Writer's block — is a phenomenon involving temporary loss of ability to begin or continue writing, usually due to lack of inspiration or creativity.Origins of writer s blockWriter s block can be closely related to depression and anxiety, [Flaherty, A. (2005). The …   Wikipedia

  • Arthur Crew Inman — (1895 1963) was a reclusive and unsuccessful American poet whose 17 million word diary, extending from 1919 to 1963, is one of the longest English language diaries on record. Inman grew up in Atlanta and seems to have had some kind of serious… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”