Miryachit
n.
“nervous disorder peculiar to Siberia, in which the patient mimics everything said or done by another,” from Russian, literally “to be epileptic.”
miryachit mir·ya·chit (mēr-yä’chĭt)
n.
A nervous disease observed in Siberia, similar to latah.
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