Copropraxia

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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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Topics related to Tourette syndrome
Main	Causes and origins | History | Sociological and cultural aspects | Treatment
Terms	Coprolalia | Copropraxia | Echolalia | Echopraxia | Palilalia | 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
Media	I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me | John's Not Mad
Notable people	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf |Howard Ahmanson, Jr | Brad Cohen | Jim Eisenreich | Tim Howard | Samuel Johnson | Andre Malraux | Tobias Picker | Michael Wolff

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