Me-tēm'psy-chō'sis, n.

[Gr. μετεμψύχωσις, from μετεμψυχούν, to make the soul pass from one body into another, from μετά, beyond, over, and ἐμψυχούν, to animate, from ἐν, in, and ψυχή, breath, life, soul; Fr. métempsychose.] The passing of the soul of a man after death into some other animal body; transmigration.