Jumping disease
Jump´ing dis`ease´
| 1.A convulsive tic similar to or identical with miryachit, observed among the woodsmen of Maine. |
| 单词 | jumping disease | ||
| 释义 | Jumping diseaseJump´ing dis`ease´
jumping diseasejump·ing dis·ease, jumper diseasechoreomania(1) Chorea.(2) A term of largely historical interest for a condition first recognised during the Middle Ages and characterised by choreiform spasms that occurred in large closed communities, and is now thought to have been a mass hysterical conversion reaction. A culture-specific complex evoked in members of a religious sect that originated in Wales whose members now live in North America—mostly in Maine—the rites of which include jumping, rolling on the ground, barking like dogs, etc., until a state of ecstasy is achieved. The disorder is now regarded as psychological in nature. jump·ing dis·ease, jumper disease (jŭmping di-zēz, jŭmpĕr)Synonym(s): jumping Frenchmen of Maine syndrome. jump·ing dis·ease, jumper disease (jŭmping di-zēz, jŭmpĕr) |
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