Medicine & BodyGreek → English
Mania
Wild excitement or a mental state of great energy.
The Greek roots
μανία
manía
madness, frenzy
Literally: “frenzy”
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The story of the word
The Greek word for frenzy survives both in medicine and in everyday 'manias' and enthusiasms.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
A collecting mania filled every shelf in the house.