jumping Frenchmen of Maine syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare disorder involving an exaggerated startle reflex which may be described as an uncontrollable jump.

Word forms

jumping Frenchmen of Maine syndrome

Etymology

From the name given to a group of 19th-century lumberjacks who exhibited this disorder.

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