单词 | arctic hysteria |
释义 | > as lemmasArctic hysteria Arctic hysteria n. = piblokto n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > hysteria > arctic hysteria Arctic hysteria1890 piblokto1894 1890 D. H. Cullimore Bk. Climates (ed. 2) vii. 153 In the extreme north [of Russia in Europe] the most common diseases are hæmorrhoids, bone and skin diseases, eruptive fevers and ophthalmia... Arctic hysteria is also often observed. 1924 Ecology 5 113 Travellers passing through the snowy deserts of extreme northeastern Siberia have more than once come across a nervous disorder, now most commonly known as Arctic Hysteria. 2005 Time Out N.Y. 10 Nov. 67/4 A catalog essay reveals he's an actor feigning a bout of ‘arctic hysteria’, seizures known in Inuit as pibloktok. < as lemmas |
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