| 单词 | tarantism |
| 释义 | tarantism (once / 227295 pages) n WORD FAMILY tarantism USAGE EXAMPLESThe Tarantism so common in Italy from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century is another example of epidemic hysteria. ?Malley, Austin, Essays In Pastoral Medicine(2012) In the sixteenth century it was known in Italy as the "Dancing Mania," or Tarantism. Walker, Aaron, The Christian Foundation, Or, Scien...(2010) Tarantism was an epidemic nervous affection characterized by involuntary dancing, gesticulations, contortions and cries. Lawrence, Robert Means, Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quacke...(2010) n a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider Hyper chorea any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs |
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