Lycanthropy

Lycanthropy
The delusion that one has become a wolf or the werewolf transformation. Werewolf myths were associated with the phases of the moon. The werewolf was thought to take over when the moon was full. The word "lycanthropy" is from the Greek "lykos," meaning "wolf" + "anthropos" meaning "human being."
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The morbid delusion that one is a wolf, possibly a mental atavism of the werewolf superstition. [G. lykos, wolf, + anthropos, man]

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ly·can·thro·py lī-'kan(t)-thrə-pē n, pl -pies a delusion that one has become or has assumed the characteristics of a wolf

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n.
a very rare symptom of mental disorder in which an individual believes that he can change into a wolf.

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ly·can·thro·py (li-kanґthrə-pe) [Gr. lykos wolf + anthrōpos man] a delusion in which the individual believes that they are a wolf or other animal or that they are able to change into one.

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