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IMPOSED INSANITY

\ɪmpˈə͡ʊzd ɪnsˈanɪti], \ɪmpˈə‍ʊzd ɪnsˈanɪti], \ɪ_m_p_ˈəʊ_z_d ɪ_n_s_ˈa_n_ɪ_t_i]\

Definitions of IMPOSED INSANITY

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.

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Folie a deux, a psychosis, often of paranoid form, affecting two persons who are intimately associated; the one on whom the mental disturbance has been imposed may recover if removed from the original sufferer.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

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