n.a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider
英汉双解大词典
tarantism/ˈtærənˌtɪzəm/
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a nervous disorder marked by uncontrollable bodily movement, widespread in S Italy during the 15th to 17th centuries: popularly thought to be caused by the bite of a tarantula 塔兰图拉毒蛛病