demonic possession
noun
The state or condition of a person (supposedly) being inhabited and controlled by a demon; an instance of this.
- Formerly thought to be the cause of mental illness and of certain physical illnesses, especially epilepsy..
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- carboxy
- carboxydismutase
- carboxyhaemoglobin
- carboxykinase
- carboxyl
- carboxylase
- carboxylate
- carboxylation
- carboxylic acid
- carboxyl-terminal
- carboxymethylated
- carboxymethylation
- carboxymethylcellulose
- carboxypeptidase
- carboxypolypeptidase
- carboxy-terminal
- carboxy terminus
- carboy
- car bra
- carbro
- carbuncle
- carbuncled
- carbuncly
- carbuncular
- carburant