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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 tar·an·tism /ˈtærənˌtɪzəm/
 跳舞病

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 tar·an·tism /ˈtærənˌtɪzəm/ 名詞
 毒蛛病(狼蛛蜇咬所致的中毒性舞蹈病),舞蹈病(動)

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tar·ant·ism n.  Med. A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music. [Written also tarentism.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tarantism
      n : a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable
          impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the
          southern European tarantula or wolf spider