MANIA

(Lat.), n. f. Ma(ma3)'ni2-a3. Gr., /maviu. (from /uapiVecrflai, to rage). Fr., manie, delire. Ger., Manie, Tobsucht. It., m. Sp., mania. 1. A form of insanity, usually of brief duration, characterized by an exalted emotional state with a ociated exaltation of other mental and nervous functions, by hallucinations and delusions, and by delirium, often violent and extravagant. [D, 36.J 2. See INSANITY. For all nVs not here given, see corresponding terms under INSANITY. Acute delirious in. Acute m. accompanied by delirium. [D.] Acute in. M. of sudden onset, with violent symptoms. Alcoholic m. Fr., manie alcool i que. 1. Acute m. due to alcoholic exce es. It is transitory in character, and may be entirely different from delirium tremens. [D, 43.] 2. See DELIRIUM tremens. Ambitious in. See DELIRIUM grandiosum. Cardiac in. Fr.. manie cardia que. See FOLIE du coeur. Chronic delusional in. See Delusional MONOMANIA. Chronic intellectual in. A general disturbance of the intellect characterized by the existence of varying unsystematized delusions, accompanied by periods of mental excitement or depre ion, with more or le incoherence and mental weakne . [Hammond (a, 34).] Dancing in. Syn.: leaping ague. Insanity chiefly characterized by paroxysms of dancing. It may also represent a form of chorea (see Epidemic CHOREA). [D, 34.] Diathetic m. Fr., manie diathesique. See Diathetic INSANITY and FOLIE diathesique. Ephemeral in. Lat., m. ephemera. See Transitory m. Epileptic in. Lat., m. epileptic a. Fr., manie epileptique. Acute insanity occurring in an epileptic, sometimes a ociated with a decided propensity to the performance of criminal acts. It may come on either gradually or very suddenly. [D, 35.] Cf. Acute meth epileptic INSANITY. Epileptoid in. M. presenting epileptic symptoms, [a, 34.] Furious m. Lat., m. furiosa. Fr., manie furieuse. See DELIRIUM furibundum. General in. Moral m. combined with a similar affection of the intellect. [D, 52.] General intellectual in. A rare form of m. which attacks the intellect alone. More commonly a single emotion or pa ion is deranged. [D, 52.] Hallucinatory in. Lat.. m. hallucinator i a. Fr., manie hallucinatoire. M. in which hallucinations are the predominating symptoms. [D, 36.] Homicidal m. Fr., manie homicide. M. in which there is an intense propensity to homicide. [a, 34.] Hypochomlriacal m. Melancholia with the presence of illusions, hallucinations, and delusions relative to the condition of the body or of one or more of its organs. [Hammond (a, 34).] Hysterical m. Lat., m, hysteric a. Fr., manie hysterique. An exce ive hysterical psychical disturbance occurring either in connection with hysterical attacks or as a momentary individual hysterical symptom in the form of delusions or of maniacal excitement of an erotic character, etc. [A, 326 (a, 21).] Incendiary in. Fr., manie inc end i a ire. Pyromania. [a, 34.] Instinctive m. Ger., O, no; O2, not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th, the; U, like oo in too; 283 [s. 707]