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Tarantism vs Tarentism - What's the difference?

tarantism | tarentism |

As nouns the difference between tarantism and tarentism

is that tarantism is (obsolete|medicine) an extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula and prevalent in southern italy in the 15th through 17th centuries while tarentism is .

tarantism

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Noun

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  • (obsolete, medicine) An extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula and prevalent in southern Italy in the 15th through 17th centuries.

    • tarentism

    English

    Noun

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    • (Webster 1913)