mass epidemic

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• mass epidemic — disease that affects large numbers of people at the same time …   English contemporary dictionary

• Mass psychogenic illness — (MPI), also called mass sociogenic illness,[1] is “the rapid spread of illness signs and symptoms affecting members of a cohesive group, originating from a nervous system disturbance involving excitation, loss or alteration of function, whereby… …   Wikipedia

• Mass hysteria — other names include collective hysteria, group hysteria, or collective obsessional behavior is the manifestation of the same or similar hysterical symptoms by more than one person.[1][2] A common manifestation of mass hysteria occurs when a group …   Wikipedia

• Mass fainting in Tanzania — is common phenomenon of mass hysteria that is experienced by junior school girls in Tanzania.[1] In September 2008, 20 girls at a school in Tabora started fainting while taking their final year exams. The mass fainting is being linked to neurosis …   Wikipedia

• Mass grave — Workers from the town of Nordhausen bury corpses of prisoners found at Mittelbau Dora concentration camp in mass graves. Rare colour photograph taken in 1945. Photo credit: USHMM A mass grave is a grave containing multiple number of human corpses …   Wikipedia

• Mass drug administration — Distribution of antimalarials in Italy in the 1930s The administration of drugs to whole populations irrespective of disease status is referred to as mass drug administration (MDA). This article describes the administration of antimalarial drugs… …   Wikipedia

• epidemic hallucination —    Also known as popular hallucination and mass hallucinosis. All three terms are used to denote a hallucination shared by a relatively large number of people, who typically believe the content of the hallucination in question to be veridical or… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• Mass suicide — Suicide Social …   Wikipedia

• mass hallucinosis —    see epidemic hallucination …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• epidemic hysertia — noun a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation • Syn: ↑mass hysteria • Hypernyms: ↑craze, ↑delirium, ↑frenzy, ↑fury, ↑hysteria …   Useful english dictionary

• mass hysteria — noun a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation • Syn: ↑epidemic hysertia • Hypernyms: ↑craze, ↑delirium, ↑frenzy, ↑fury, ↑hysteria * * * Psychol. a condition affecting a group of persons,… …   Useful english dictionary