amurakh

n. a culture-bound syndrome observed among Siberian women and characterized by compulsive mimicking of other people’s words or behaviors. See also latah.

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February 19th 2025

fascia

n. (pl. fasciae) a sheet or band of fibrous tissue covering, separating, or binding together muscles, organs, and other soft-tissue structures of the body. —fascial adj.