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| tar·an·tism [ tárrən tìzzəm ] |
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nervous condition: a nervous condition characterized by uncontrollable body movements, common in southern Italy between the 15th and 17th centuries and formerly believed to be caused by the bite of the tarantula
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| [Mid-17th century. < Italian tarantismo<Taranto] |
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