English Dictionary

zoanthropy

名詞

不可算名詞

(medicine) A kind of delusion in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals.

日本語の意味

自分が下位の動物に変身したと信じ込む、医学的な妄想症状。

The psychiatrist diagnosed the patient with zoanthropy after he insisted he had become a stray dog and began crawling on all fours.

精神科医は、患者が自分が野良犬になったと信じて四つんばいで歩き始めたことから、患者を自分が下等動物に変身したと信じる妄想と診断した。

意味（1）

(medicine) A kind of delusion in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals.