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Noun Concept
Categories: Toxicology, Ailments of unknown etiology, Articles with short description, Spiders and humans, Mass hysteria
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tarantism  Tarantolism  Tarentism
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A nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider WordNet 3.0
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A nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Tarantism is a form of hysteric behaviour originating in Southern Italy, popularly believed to result from the bite of the wolf spider Lycosa tarantula. Wikipedia
Hysteria Wikidata
An extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula (Lycosa tarantula) and prevalent in southern Italy in the 15th through 17th centuries. Wiktionary
An extreme urge to dance thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
chorea
behavior
dancing mania
HEALTH SPECIALTY
toxicology
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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tarantism
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tarantism
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Tarantism
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tarantism
Wikidata Alias
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Tarantolism, Tarentism

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