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DIASTREPHIA

\dˌa͡ɪəstɹˈɛfi͡ə], \dˌa‍ɪəstɹˈɛfi‍ə], \d_ˌaɪ_ə_s_t_ɹ_ˈɛ_f_iə]\

Definitions of DIASTREPHIA

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Insanity with extreme cruelty and moral perversion.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: vecordia d., paranoia corrupta. A form of insanity in which the patient takes pleasure in wickedness and in causing suffering in others. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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