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tarantism

/ˈtær.ən.tɪz.əm/

Traduction: Trouble nerveux caractérisé par une impulsion incontrôlable à danser, historiquement attribué à la morsure de la tarentule d'Europe du Sud ou d'une araignée-loup.

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noun

C2formalcommon/ˈtær.ən.tɪz.əm/

indénombrable

A nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, historically attributed to the bite of a southern European tarantula or wolf spider.

  • 🇫🇷Trouble nerveux caractérisé par une impulsion incontrôlable à danser, historiquement attribué à la morsure de la tarentule d'Europe du Sud ou d'une araignée-loup.
  1. Nervous disorder with dancing impulse C2 formal medical

    A nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable urge to dance, historically believed to be caused by the bite of a tarantula or wolf spider.

    • In medieval Italy, outbreaks of tarantism were treated with music and dancing.
    • The condition known as tarantism was once thought to be a direct result of a spider bite.
    • Historical records describe tarantism as a form of mass hysteria involving wild dancing.

    🇫🇷Tarentisme (danse compulsive)