parapraxian.
/ˌparəˈpraksɪə/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈpræksiə/ Medicine. rare.
Faulty performance of a purposive action; an instance of this.
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1912 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. (ed. 2) 657/2 Parapraxia, a condition..in which there is a defective performance of certain purposive acts.
1953 M. Critchley Parietal Lobes v. 160 The patient, requested to make a particular movement, may do something quite different (parapraxia or parakinesis).
1996 Brain 119 1575 Patients with left brain damage (LBD) committed spatial parapraxias.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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