Copropraxia: Information from Answers.com

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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Terms	Coprolalia · Copropraxia · Echolalia · Echopraxia · Palilalia · PANDAS · 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 · Tourettes Action

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 · Basshunter · Pete Bennett · Brad Cohen · Jim Eisenreich · Tim Howard · Samuel Johnson · André Malraux · Tobias Picker · Nick van Bloss · Michael Wolff

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^ Coprolalia. Dictionary.com, Accessed 21 November 2006.

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