autographismn.
/ɔːˈtɒɡrəfɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ɔˈtɑɡrəfɪz(ə)m/, /ɑˈtɑɡrəfɪz(ə)m/ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > [noun] > act of writing one's name on document
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autographism1845
1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross i. xxiv. 181 There was one case..of autographism, which amused me not a little. Mr. Stephens..gives us an account of having carved his name on the same slab that bore the inscription written there by Dessaix, in 1799.
2. Medicine. = dermographism n. at dermo- comb. form .Cf. autographic adj. 3. Now rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > autographism
autographism1890
1890 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 Apr. 922/1 Autographism is a reflex phenomenon.
1894 Med. Bull. 16 67/2 To the factitious eruption the name ‘autographism’ or ‘dermographism’ has been given.
1909 J. V. Shoemaker Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin (ed. 5) 366 Autographism occurs in a certain proportion of cases of locomotor ataxia and syringomyelia.
2002 F. H. Roy Ocular Differential Diagnosis (ed. 7) viii. 288 Keratoconus may be associated with..Autographism.
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