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miryachit

n.

"nervous disorder peculiar to Siberia, in which the patient mimics everything said or done by another," from Russian, literally "to be epileptic."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

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Historical Examples of miryachit

It is not stated that the subjects of miryachit do what they are told to do.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884.
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miryachit in Medicine

miryachit

[mîr-yä′chĭt]

n.

A nervous disease observed in Siberia, similar to latah.

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