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MORGELLONS
Etymology
Coined by Mary Leitao after a usage by Sir Thomas Browne, apparently a corruption of the Provençal term masclous, "little flies".
Proper noun
Morgellons
(pathology) A controversial, unproven skin disorder usually dismissed as delusional parasitosis, and characterized by skin lesions producing odd fibers of unknown origin.
(obsolete) A disease causing hairs to grow on the backs of children.
Synonyms
• (skin disorder with fibers): Morgellons disease, Morgellons syndrome
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DAZED
(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”
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