tar·an·tism /ˈtærənˌtɪzəm/
跳舞病
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)
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.]
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tarantism
n : a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable
impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the
southern European tarantula or wolf spider