Dermatozoenwahn

English

Etymology

From German Dermatozoenwahn.

Noun

Dermatozoenwahn (plural Dermatozoenwahns)

1. (psychiatry) Delusional parasitosis (delusional disorder in which individuals incorrectly believe they are infested with parasites, insects, or bugs).

German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) + Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”) + German Wahn (“delusion”), coined by Swedish neurologist Karl-Axel Ekbom in 1938.

Noun

Dermatozoenwahn m (strong, genitive Dermatozoenwahnes or Dermatozoenwahns, plural Dermatozoenwahne)

1. (psychiatry) Delusional parasitosis (delusional disorder in which individuals incorrectly believe they are infested with parasites, insects, or bugs).

Declension

Declension of Dermatozoenwahn [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dermatozoenwahn	die	Dermatozoenwahne
genitive	eines	des	Dermatozoenwahnes, Dermatozoenwahns	der	Dermatozoenwahne
dative	einem	dem	Dermatozoenwahn, Dermatozoenwahne1	den	Dermatozoenwahnen
accusative	einen	den	Dermatozoenwahn	die	Dermatozoenwahne

¹Now rare, see notes.