Usually means: Repetition of a response, uncontrollably.
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  1. perseveration: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. perseveration: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. perseveration: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. perseveration: Collins English Dictionary
  5. perseveration: Vocabulary.com
  6. perseveration: Wordnik
  7. perseveration: Wiktionary
  8. perseveration: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. perseveration: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. perseveration: Infoplease Dictionary
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  12. Perseveration: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. perseveration: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
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  3. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  5. perseveration: Medical dictionary
  6. Perseveration: Brain Injury

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Definitions from Wiktionary (perseveration)

noun:  (psychology) An uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by a brain injury or other organic disorder.
noun:  (psychology) The tendency to continue or repeat an act or activity after the cessation of the original stimulus.
noun:  The act or an instance of persevering; perseverance.
noun:  (derogatory) An argument by repetition; a mantra.

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