echopathy, delayed echolalia, echopraxia, echolalic, schizophrenia, mental retardation, mentally retarded, developmental disability disabilities, autism, autistic disorder, speech problem, speech language pathology TM Echopathy
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Echopathy an abnormal mental condition in which echolalia and/or echopraxia is present. Echolalia is when someone repeats the speech of somebody else in an involuntary and meaningless way. Echopraxia is when somebody involuntarily repeats the behavior of another person. Echopathy is sometimes (but unusually) seen in some patient's with schizophrenia, a type of mental disorder in which one loses contact with reality. Echopathy comes from the Greek word "echo" meaning "sound," and the Greek word "pathos" meaning "suffering." Put the words together and you have "sound suffering."

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