jumping Frenchmen of Maine syndrome
Meanings
noun
- A rare disorder involving an exaggerated startle reflex which may be described as an uncontrollable jump.
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Etymology
From the name given to a group of 19th-century lumberjacks who exhibited this disorder.
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