ECHOLALIA


Meaning of ECHOLALIA in English

— echolalic , /ek'oh lal"ik, -lay"lik/ , adj.

/ek'oh lay"lee euh/ , n.

1. Psychiatry. the uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another person.

2. the imitation by a baby of the vocal sounds produced by others, occurring as a natural phase of childhood development.

[ 1880-85; ECHO + -LALIA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .