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mass psychogenic illness
–noun Pathology.
| a condition in which a large group of people report similar physical symptoms that are traceable to psychological factors rather than environmental or physiological factors. |
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| mass psychogenic illness
n. The occurrence of psychogenic illness in a group of people at the same time. Examples include the biting manias and dancing manias that spread throughout parts of Europe between the 13th and 17th century. |
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