echoplasia

English

Etymology

echo +‎ -plasia

Noun

echoplasia (uncountable)

  1. Physically or mentally tracing the contours of objects, usually obsessively.[1][2]

References
  1. Ganos C, Ogrzal T, Schnitzler A, Münchau A (2012 September) “The pathophysiology of echopraxia/echolalia: relevance to Gilles de la Tourette syndrome”, in Mov. Disord., volume 27, number 10, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1222–9
  2. Kawohl W, Podoll K (2008) “Contour copying or echoplasia – a new echo phenomenon in a person with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome”, in Psychopathology‎, volume 41, number 3, →DOI, →PMID, archived from the original on 8 August 2021, pages 201–2
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