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Lachschlaganfall
Lachschlaganfall pronounced \lok shlok en fol\ A condition in which a person falls unconscious due to excessive laughter.
‘Lachschlaganfall : A condition described by Herman Oppenheim (German neurologist, 1858-1919) in which the patient falls unconscious due to violent laughing.’
Robert Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary (2004)
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