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hypergraphia

hypergraphia noun: a behavioural condition characterised by an intense desire to write, associated with changes in the temporal lobes due to epilepsy or chemical changes.

Noun

hypergraphia (uncountable)

  1. A behavioural condition characterised by an intense desire to write, associated with changes in the temporal lobes due to epilepsy or chemical changes.
    • Two features of the interictal behavior syndrome are relevant: hypergraphia or the tendency to write compulsively and often repetitively, and verbosity or loquaciousness, the tendency to be overly talkative, rambling, and circumstantial in speech.1994, Thomas J. Csordas, “12: Words from the Holy People: a case study in cultural phenomenology”, in Thomas J. Csordas, editor, Embodiment and Experience: The Existential Ground of Culture and Self...
    • There is some suggestion that hypergraphia is associated with non-dominant hemisphere temporal lobe disturbances (Trimble, 1986c).1996, Michael R. Trimble, Biological Psychiatry, page 279

Origin of hypergraphia

From hyper- + -graphia.

Questions about hypergraphia

What does hypergraphia mean?
Hypergraphia means a behavioural condition characterised by an intense desire to write, associated with changes in the temporal lobes due to epilepsy or chemical changes.
What part of speech is hypergraphia?
Hypergraphia is a noun.

Words near hypergraphia in the dictionary

  1. hypergranulation
  2. hypergranulocytosis
  3. hypergranulopoiesis
  4. hypergranulosis
  5. hypergraph
  6. hypergraphia
  7. hypergraphic
  8. hypergraphical
  9. hypergraphics
  10. hypergraphs
  11. hypergraphy

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