What does echopraxia mean?

echopraxia in AZ Dictionary

(n) The involuntary repetition or imitation associated with observed movements of another.

echopraxia in Community Dictionary

Tics typically of Autism, Tourette Syndrome, schizophrenia, as well as other neurological problems where in actuality the person repeats another person's moves. by RandyReport definition

echopraxia in Medical Dictionary

The involuntary imitation of this moves of some other individual. Echopraxia is an element of schizophrenia (especially the catatonic kind), Tourette problem, and some various other neurologic diseases. From echo + the Greek praxia definition activity. by Debroah NeissReport definition

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