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b) An infants repetitive imitation of vocal sounds spoken by another person, occurring naturally during childhood development.
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Echolalia — is the repetition of vocalizations made by another person. Echolalia can be present in autism, Tourette syndrome, aphasia, Rubinstein Taybi syndrome, developmental disability, schizophrenia, Asperger syndrome and, occasionally, other forms of… … Wikipedia
echolalia — 1885, from Gk. ekho (see ECHO (Cf. echo)) + lalia talk, prattle, a speaking, from lalein to speak, prattle, of echoic origin … Etymology dictionary
echolalia — [ek΄ō lā′lē ə] n. [ModL < echo (see ECHO) + lalia, speech defect < Gr lalia, speech < lalein, to talk, prattle < redupl. of IE echoic * la (as in L lallare, Ger lallen, to lull)] the automatic repetition by someone of words spoken in… … English World dictionary
Echolalia (album) — Infobox Album Name = Echolalia Type = Album Artist = Something for Kate Released = 2001 Recorded = Genre = Alternative rock Length = Label = Murmur Producer = Trina Shoemaker and Something for Kate Reviews = Last album = Q A with Dean Martin… … Wikipedia
echolalia — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1885 the often pathological repetition of what is said by other people as if echoing them • echolalic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
echolalia — echolalic, /ek oh lal ik, lay lik/, adj. /ek oh lay lee euh/, n. 1. Psychiatry. the uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another person. 2. the imitation by a baby of the vocal sounds produced by others, occurring as a… … Universalium
echolalia — Involuntary parrotlike repetition of a word or sentence just spoken by another person. Usually seen with schizophrenia. SYN: echo reaction, echo speech, echophrasia. [echo + G. lalia, a form of speech] * * * echo·la·lia .ek ō lā lē ə n the often… … Medical dictionary
echolalia — ż I, DCMs. echolalialii, blm psych. «mimowolne, automatyczne powtarzanie zasłyszanych słów i dźwięków bezpośrednio po ich usłyszeniu; występuje u małych dzieci i u osób chorych psychicznie» ‹z gr.› … Słownik języka polskiego
echolalia — n. mental illness characterized by the repetition of words that have been said by others … English contemporary dictionary
echolalia — [ˌɛkəʊ leɪlɪə] noun 1》 Psychiatry meaningless repetition of another person s spoken words as a symptom of psychiatric disorder. 2》 repetition of speech by a child learning to talk. Origin C19: mod. L., from Gk ēkhō echo + lalia speech … English new terms dictionary
