echopraxia /echo·prax·ia/ (-prak´se-ah) stereotyped imitation of the movements of others.
Echopraxia
echopraxia
echopraxia [ek″o-prak´se-ah]
echopraxia
ech·o·prax·i·a ( k  -pr k s - )n. The involuntary imitation of movements made by another. Also called echomotism. |
Echopraxia
The imitation of the movement of another individual.
Mentioned in: Tourette Syndrome
echopraxia
[ek′ōprak′sē·ə]
Etymology: Gk, echo + prassein, to practice
imitation or repetition of the body movements of another person, sometimes practiced by schizophrenic patients.
echopraxia [ek″o-prak´se-ah]
stereotyped imitation of the movements of another person; seen sometimes in catatonic schizophrenia and Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome.
echopraxia
Neurology The parroting by a Pt of another person's actions, which may be seen in catatonic schizophrenia. See Schizophrenia.
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