corybantiasm

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ancient Greek

Noun[edit]

corybantiasm (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, archaic) A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and lack of sleep.[1]

References[edit]

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    1839, Robley Dunglison, “CORYBANTIASM”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, [], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC: