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py·ro·ma·ni·a

(pī′rō-mā′nē-ə, -mān′yə)

The irresistible urge to start fires.

py′ro·ma′ni·ac′ (-mā′nē-ăk′) adj. & n.

py′ro·ma·ni′a·cal (-mə-nī′ə-kəl) adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

pyromania

(ˌpaɪrəʊˈmeɪnɪə)

(Psychiatry) psychiatry the uncontrollable impulse and practice of setting things on fire

ˌpyroˈmaniˌac n

pyromaniacal adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

py•ro•ma•ni•a

(ˌpaɪ rəˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə)

n.

a compulsion to set things on fire.

[1835–45]

py`ro•ma′ni•ac, n.

pyromania

a persistent compulsion to start fires.

pyromania

[ˌpaɪrəʊˈmeɪnɪə] N → piromanía f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pyromania

n → Pyromanie f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pyromania

[ˌpaɪərəʊˈmeɪnɪə] n → piromania

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

py·ro·ma·ni·a

n. piromanía, obsesión con el fuego; manía incendiaria.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

pyromania

n piromanía

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