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English
Etymology
From echo + -plasia.
Noun
echoplasia (uncountable)
- Physically or mentally tracing the contours of objects, usually obsessively.[1][2]
References
- ^ Ganos C, Ogrzal T, Schnitzler A, Münchau A (2012 September) “The pathophysiology of echopraxia/echolalia: relevance to Gilles de la Tourette syndrome”, in Mov. Disord., volume 27, number 10, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1222–9
- ^ Kawohl W, Podoll K (2008) “Contour copying or echoplasia – a new echo phenomenon in a person with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome”, in Psychopathology, volume 41, number 3, →DOI, →PMID, archived from the original on 8 August 2021, pages 201–2