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VulgarityAka: Profanity, Obscenity, Coprolalia, Copropraxia

Verbal Obscenities: Coprolalia
1. Obscene words and statements
Motor Obscenities: Copropraxia
1. Patient holds groin
2. Makes obscene gestures
3. Touches other sexually
4. Placing head on another person's breast
5. Picking at buttocks
Causes
1. Benign, Idiopathic
2. Tic Disorder (Tourette's Syndrome)

Coprolalia (C0233729)
Concepts	Finding (T033)
English	Coprolalia, Coprophrasia
Spanish	coprofrasia, coprolalia
Parent Concepts	Verbally abusive behavior (C0558089), Speech finding (C0566622)
Sources	DXP, OMIM, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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Coprolalia (C0233729)

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