Copropraxia

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Copropraxia is involuntarily performing obscene or forbidden gestures. Copropraxia comes from the Greek κόπρος meaning "feces" and πράξις meaning "action". Copropraxia is a rare characteristic of Tourette syndrome.

A related term is coprolalia, referring to involuntary swearing.^[1]

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v • d • e Topics related to Tourette syndrome Main Causes and origins · History · Sociological and cultural aspects · Treatment Terms Coprolalia · Copropraxia · Echolalia · Echopraxia · Palilalia · Sensory phenomena · Tic · Tic disorder · Tourettism History Jean-Martin Charcot  · Georges Gilles de la Tourette  · Jean Marc Gaspard Itard  · Arthur K. Shapiro Organizations Tourette Syndrome Association · Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada Media I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me · John's Not Mad · The Tic Code · "Le Petit Tourette" · Motherless Brooklyn Notable people Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf · Howard Ahmanson, Jr · Pete Bennett · Brad Cohen · Jim Eisenreich · Tim Howard · Samuel Johnson · Andre Malraux · Tobias Picker · Nick van Bloss · Michael Wolff

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