| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| echolalia |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ech·o·la·li·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   k  -l  l - |
| NOUN: | 1. Psychiatry The immediate and involuntary repetition of words or phrases just spoken by others, often a symptom of autism or some types of schizophrenia. 2. An infant's repetition of the sounds made by others, a normal occurrence in childhood development. | | ETYMOLOGY: | echo + Greek lali, talk (from lalos, talkative). | | OTHER FORMS: | echo·lalic (-l k) —ADJECTIVE
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