Coprographia

Not to be confused with Coprophagia.

Coprographia is involuntarily making vulgar writings or drawings.^[1] Coprographia comes from the Greek κόπρος meaning "feces" and "graphia" meaning to write.

Related terms are coprolalia, the involuntary usage of scatalogical words,^[2] and copropraxia, the involuntary performance of obscene gestures.^[3]

References

↑ "Linguistics 210 Semantics" (pdf). Semantic features and Tourette’s Syndrome. Retrieved November 21, 2006. While this source defines coprographia, it makes misrepresentations about copro phenomena in relation to Tourette's: they are not common, and not required for diagnosis.
↑ Coprolalia. Dictionary.com, Accessed 21 November 2006.
↑ 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. PMID 12087644

Tourette syndrome (F95.2, 307.23)

Main	Causes and origins History Sociological and cultural aspects Treatment

Terms	Coprolalia Copropraxia Echolalia Echophenomenon Echopraxia Palilalia PANDAS Sensory phenomena Tic Tic disorder Tourettism

Physicians	Jean-Martin Charcot Donald J. Cohen Georges Gilles de la Tourette Jean Marc Gaspard Itard James F. Leckman Arthur K. Shapiro

Organizations	Tourette Association of America Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada Tourettes Action Yale Child Study Center

Media	Front of the Class I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me John's Not Mad "Le Petit Tourette" Maze Motherless Brooklyn Quit It The Tic Code Tic Talk: Living with Tourette Syndrome

Notable people	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Howard Ahmanson, Jr. Basshunter Pete Bennett Brad Cohen James Durbin Jim Eisenreich Tim Howard Samuel Johnson André Malraux Dash Mihok Tobias Picker Nick van Bloss Michael Wolff

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