echolalia /echo·la·lia/ (ek″o-la´le-ah) stereotyped repetition of another person's words and phrases.
Echolalia
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ech·o·la·li·a ( k  -l  l - )n. 1. The immediate and involuntary repetition of words or phrases just spoken by others, often a symptom of autism or some types of schizophrenia. Also called echophrasia. 2. An infant's repetition of the sounds made by others, a normal occurrence in childhood development. Also called echophrasia. ech o·lalic (-l k) adj. |
Echolalia
Involuntary echoing of the last word, phrase, or sentence spoken by someone else or sound in the environment.
Mentioned in: Tourette Syndrome
echolalia
[ek′ōlā′lyə]
Etymology: Gk, echo + lalein, to babble
1 (in psychiatry) the automatic and meaningless repetition of another's words or phrases, especially as seen in schizophrenia. A kind of echolalia is delayed echolalia.
2 (in pediatrics) a baby's imitation or repetition of sounds or words produced by others. It occurs normally in early childhood development. Also called echophrasia, echo speech. echolalic, adj.
echolalia [ek″o-la´le-ah]
stereotyped repetition of another person's words or phrases, seen in some cases of schizophrenia, particularly in catatonic schizophrenia, in Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, and in neurological disorders such as transcortical aphasia.
echolalia (ek″ola´le
),n an uncontrollable reiteration of a word or phrase recently stated by another individual.
echolalia
Neurology The parroting by a Pt of another person's words or speech fragments
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