echopraxia
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Related to echopraxis: associative looseness
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.
ech·o·prax·i·a
(ek'ō-prak'sē-ă),Involuntary imitation of movements made by another. See: echopathy.
Synonym(s): echomotism
[echo + G. praxis, action]
echopraxia
/echo·prax·ia/ (-prak´se-ah) stereotyped imitation of the movements of others.echopraxia
(ĕk′ō-prăk′sē-ə)n.
The involuntary imitation of movements made by others, sometimes occurring in people with schizophrenia and certain other mental disorders.
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
Neurology The parroting by a Pt of another person's actions, which may be seen in catatonic schizophrenia. See Schizophrenia.ech·o·prax·i·a
, echopraxis (ek'ō-prak'sē-ă, -praksis)[echo + G. praxis, action]
echopraxia
An abnormal, compulsive or involuntary mimicking of the actions of another person.Echopraxia
The imitation of the movement of another individual.
Mentioned in: Tourette Syndrome
ech·o·prax·i·a
, echopraxis (ek'ō-prak'sē-ă, -praksis)[echo + G. praxis, action]