a speech disorder in which a word or phrase is rapidly repeated
Word origin
C20: from Greek palin again + lalein to babble
Examples of 'palilalia' in a sentence
palilalia
In contrast to typical palilalia these vocalisations were not meaningfully related to the ongoing speech of the patient.
T. Dietl, D. P. Auer, S. Modell, C. Lechner, C. Trenkwalder 2003, 'Involuntary Vocalisations and a Complex Hyperkinetic Movement Disorder Following LeftSide Thalamic Haemorrhage', Behavioural Neurologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/980839. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The clinical and neuroradiological findings of three patients with marked palilalia due to different neurological disorders are reported.
M. Ikeda, H. Tanabe 1992, 'Two Forms of Palilalia: A Clinicoanatomical Study', Behavioural Neurologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1992-5407. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A variety of involuntary speech phenomena as for example palilalia have been described as consequences of neurological disorders.
T. Dietl, D. P. Auer, S. Modell, C. Lechner, C. Trenkwalder 2003, 'Involuntary Vocalisations and a Complex Hyperkinetic Movement Disorder Following LeftSide Thalamic Haemorrhage', Behavioural Neurologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/980839. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)