Meaning & use
Verbigeration
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The meaningless, repetitive utterance of words or phrases, often observed as a symptom of certain psychiatric or neurological conditions.
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The clinician noted verbigeration as one symptom during the patient's evaluation.
Verbigeration can appear in advanced dementia, with the same phrase repeated over and over.
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A clinical term built from Latin "verbum" (word), used almost exclusively in psychiatry and neurology.
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word repetitionperseveration
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