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megalomania

n. a highly inflated conception of one’s importance, power, or capabilities, as can be observed in many individuals with mania and paranoid schizophrenia. In the latter, megalomania is often accompanied or preceded by delusions of persecution. See delusion of grandeur.

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motor neuron pool

motor neuron pool

a collection of motor neurons whose axons all connect to the same muscle, although the motor neurons may be scattered through a few levels of the spinal cord.