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Possession :: Possession (n.) The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession..

Demonomania :: Demonomania (n.) A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.

Pteridomania :: Pteridomania (n.) A madness, craze, or strong fancy, for ferns..

Cynanthropy :: Cynanthropy (n.) A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal..

Lunacy :: Lunacy (n.) Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation..

Madness :: Madness (a.) The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.

Rabies :: Rabies (n.) Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.

Dementation :: Dementation (n.) The act of depriving of reason; madness.

Insane :: Insane (a.) Causing insanity or madness.

Mad :: Mad (superl.) Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness..

Madden :: Madden (v. t.) To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage.

Lucid :: Lucid (n.) Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval..

Ecstasy :: Ecstasy (n.) Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness.

Lune :: Lune (n.) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.

Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:.

Mania :: Mania (n.) Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.

Delirium :: Delirium (n.) Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.

Insaneness :: Insaneness (n.) Insanity; madness.

Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness..

Dementia :: Dementia (n.) Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.

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