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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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There was the boom of a bass drum, and the voice of the orchestra leader rang out suddenly above the echolalia of the garden.
She also displayed episodic absent-mindedness, with a staring expression, echolalia, and echopraxia.
In addition, she suffered from echolalia, echokinesis, and folie du doute.
It is an interesting fact that of twelve cases of echolalia that have come under our observation, fifty per cent.
He said he had echolalia, which, the narrator explains, is a mental disease where the patient repeats what they hear.
These individuals often exhibit echolalia, the repetition of the words, signs, phrases, or sentences spoken or used by other people.

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