echoplasia

English

Etymology

echo + -plasia

Noun

echoplasia (uncountable)

  1. Physically or mentally tracing the contours of objects, usually obsessively.[1][2]

References

  1. “The pathophysiology of echopraxia/echolalia: relevance to Gilles de la Tourette syndrome”, in Mov. Disord., volume 27, issue 10, September 2012, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1222–9
  2. “Contour copying or echoplasia – a new echo phenomenon in a person with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome”, in Psychopathology, volume 41, issue 3, 2008, →DOI, →PMID, pages 201–2
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