Boanthropy

/boʊˈænθrəpi/ noun

A delusional mental condition where a person believes they are a cow or ox, related to other animal-form delusions like lycanthropy.

From Greek 'bous' (cow, ox) plus 'anthropos' (human), modeled after 'lycanthropy.' A psychological term created in modern medical literature by analogy with existing animal-transformation delusions.

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