ghost sickness

A mental condition described in Native Americans, which is characterised by a preoccupation with death and the dead

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ghost sickness

(gōst) [AS gast, spirit]

A culture-bound illness found in Native Americans in which the affected person is consumed by thoughts of death or by visitations from spirits of dead ancestors.

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