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Corybantiasm

Corˊy-ban′ti-asm

(-b?n′t?-?z’m)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
Κορυβαντιασμόσ
a corybantic frenzy.]
(Med.)
A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep.
Dunglison.

Definition 2024


corybantiasm

corybantiasm

English

Noun

corybantiasm (uncountable)

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