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What does echolalia mean?

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Noun
  1. (clinical) The immediate, involuntary, and repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another.
  2. An infant's repetitive imitation of vocal sounds spoken by another person, occurring naturally during childhood development.
  3. Any apparently meaningless, repetitious noises, especially voices.
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They say he suffers from a condition called echolalia, which makes him repeat whatever is said to him, that the defense wishes to monitor.
These individuals often exhibit echolalia, the repetition of the words, signs, phrases, or sentences spoken or used by other people.
The echolalia that still appears now and then really belongs to this.
Complex tics might include jumping, smelling objects, touching the nose, touching other people, coprolalia, echolalia, or self-harming behaviors.
It is an interesting fact that of twelve cases of echolalia that have come under our observation, fifty per cent.
There was the boom of a bass drum, and the voice of the orchestra leader rang out suddenly above the echolalia of the garden.

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