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grisi siknis

grisi siknis noun: a culture-bound syndrome among the Miskito people of eastern Central America, mainly affecting young women with anxiety, nausea, and sometimes violent frenzy.

Noun

grisi siknis (uncountable)

  1. A culture-bound syndrome among the Miskito people of eastern Central America, mainly affecting young women with anxiety, nausea, and sometimes violent frenzy.

Origin of grisi siknis

Reborrowed from Miskito [Term?], from English crazy sickness.

Questions about grisi siknis

What does grisi siknis mean?
Grisi siknis means a culture-bound syndrome among the Miskito people of eastern Central America, mainly affecting young women with anxiety, nausea, and sometimes violent frenzy.
What part of speech is grisi siknis?
Grisi siknis is a noun.

Words near grisi siknis in the dictionary

  1. Grisha
  2. Grisham
  3. Grishamesque
  4. Grishams
  5. Grishaverse
  6. grisi siknis
  7. griskin
  8. griskins
  9. grisled
  10. grislie
  11. grislier

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