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DIABOLEPTIC

\dˌa͡ɪəbə͡ʊlˈɛptɪk], \dˌa‍ɪəbə‍ʊlˈɛptɪk], \d_ˌaɪ_ə_b_əʊ_l_ˈɛ_p_t_ɪ_k]\

Definitions of DIABOLEPTIC

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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An insane person who believes himself beset by the devil.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Of Maudsley, an ecstatic who professes to have supernatural communications. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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