Morgellons

English Etymology Coined in 2004 by Mary Leitao en 2007 Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn The Morgellons Mystery Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200702/the-morgellons-mystery March–April May 8, 2015 after a description of an illness in Thomas Browne's A Letter to a Friend (c. 1656, pub. 1690), “that Endemial Distemper of little Children in Languedock, called the Morgellons, wherein they critically break out with harsh Hairs on their Backs”, apparently a corruption of Masquelons, from en oc-pro masclous little flies. Pronunciation en /mɔː(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒɛlənz/ UK en /mɔɹˈd͡ʒɛlənz/ /mɔɹˈɡɛlənz/ US en Noun - en pathology An unproven skin disorder, usually thought to be delusional parasitosis, characterized by skin lesions in which fibers are found. en w:James Bridle Conspiracy The New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future 2018 Verso Books 978-1-78663-548-8 211 Multiple studies have concluded that Morgellons is a psychological rather than physical condition, but sufferers, through the internet, organise conferences and lobbying groups. en obsolete A disease causing hairs to grow on the backs of children. en 1690 Thomas Browne s:A Letter to a Friend But Hairs make fallible Predictions, and many Temples early gray have out-lived the Psalmist's Period. Hairs which have most amused me have not been in the Face or Head, but on the Back, and not in Men but Children, as I long ago observed in that Endemial Distemper of little Children in Languedock, called the Morgellons, wherein they critically break out with harsh Hairs on their Backs, which takes off the Unquiet Symptomes of the Disease, and delivers them from Coughs and Convulsions. Synonyms skin disorder with fibers en Morgellons disease, en Morgellons syndrome References