Cynanthropy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cynanthropy \Cy*nan"thro*py\ (s?-n?n"thr?-p?), n. [Gr. ????? of
     a dog-man; ????, ???, dog + ????? man: cf. F. cynanthropie.]
     (Med.)
     A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into
     dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal.
     [1913 Webster]