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GALEANTHROPY

\ɡe͡ɪlˈanθɹəpi], \ɡe‍ɪlˈanθɹəpi], \ɡ_eɪ_l_ˈa_n_θ_ɹ_ə_p_i]\

Definitions of GALEANTHROPY

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A variety of melancholy in which the patient believes himself changed into a cat. An affection similar to lycanthropy and cynanthropy.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

A maniacal affection in which the patient believes himself to have been transformed into a cat. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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