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bryonin (medicine) and hieromania (medicine)


bryonin (medicine)


bryonin
<chemistry> A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. Dioica). It is a white, or slightly coloured, substance, and is emetic and cathartic.

Source: Websters Dictionary


hieromania (medicine)


hieromania
<psychiatry> An obsolete term for pathologic religious fervor characterised by delusions with a religious content.

Origin: G. Hieros, holy, + mania, insanity