Jan. 13th, 2015

zoanthropy

Jan. 13th, 2015 07:50 am
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zoanthropy (zoh-AN-thruh-pee) - n., the delusion that one is or has been transformed into an animal.


Such as a wolf (clinical lycanthropy). A rare psychiatric syndrome or monomania. Coined in 1856 in medical Latin from Greek roots zoion, animal + anthropos, man.

---L.

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