Coprographia is involuntarily making vulgar writings or drawings. Coprographia comes from the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
(''kópros''), meaning "
feces
Feces ( or faeces), known colloquially and in slang as poo and poop, are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine. Feces contain a rela ...
", and (''graphḗ''), meaning "writing". Related terms are
coprolalia
Coprolalia () is involuntary swearing or the involuntary utterance of obscene words or socially inappropriate and derogatory remarks. Coprolalia comes from the Greek (''kópros''), meaning "dung, feces", and (''laliā́'') "speech", from (''lal ...
, the involuntary usage of obscene and/or profane words,
Coprolalia.
Dictionary.com, Accessed 21 November 2006. and copropraxia
Copropraxia is a tic consisting of involuntarily performing obscene or forbidden gestures, or inappropriate touching.Shimberg, Elaine Fantle (1995). ''Living with Tourette Syndrome''. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 31. Copropraxia comes from the ...
, the involuntary performance of obscene gestures.[Schapiro NA. "Dude, you don't have Tourette's": Tourette's syndrome, beyond the tics. ''Pediatr Nurs.'' 2002 May-Jun;28(3):243-6, 249-53. ]
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Symptoms and signs: Nervous system
Tourette syndrome
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