grisi siknis

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Reborrowed from Miskito [Term?], from English crazy sickness.

Noun[edit]

grisi siknis (uncountable)

  1. A culture-bound syndrome among the Miskito people of eastern Central America, mainly affecting young women with anxiety, nausea, and sometimes violent frenzy.
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