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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lycanthropy /lʌɪˈkanθrəpi/

▶noun the mythical transformation of a person into a wolf.

■ archaic a form of madness involving the delusion of being an animal, usually a wolf.

– derivatives
lycanthropic adjective.

– origin C16: from mod. L. lycanthropia, from Gk lukanthrōpia, from lukos ‘wolf’ + anthrōpos ‘man’.

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