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What does coprolalia mean?

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  1. The uncontrolled use of abusive, obscene or scatological language; especially such behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.
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Complex tics might include jumping, smelling objects, touching the nose, touching other people, coprolalia, echolalia, or self-harming behaviors.
Moreover, coprolalia, or the tendency of persons to blurt out socially inappropriate or taboo expressions, is not a requirement of a Tourette's Syndrome diagnosis.
Botulinum toxin injection into vocal cord in the treatment of malignant coprolalia associated with Tourette's syndrome.
The swearing tic that epitomises Tourette's in the public eye is known as coprolalia.
A child with coprolalia may blurt out insults, racial slurs or obscenities.
At a later stage a fairly definite tendency to coprolalia became manifest.

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