pyromania
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py·ro·ma·ni·a
(pī′rō-mā′nē-ə, -mān′yə)n.
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.
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pyromania
(ˌpaɪrəʊˈmeɪnɪə)n
(Psychiatry) psychiatry the uncontrollable impulse and practice of setting things on fire
ˌpyroˈmaniˌac n
pyromaniacal adj
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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.
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pyromania
a persistent compulsion to start fires.
See also: Fire-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | pyromania - an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things |
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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
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py·ro·ma·ni·a
n. piromanía, obsesión con el fuego; manía incendiaria.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
pyromania
n piromaníaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.