1. An abnormal obsession with death or suicidal mania.
2. Death by means of autosuggestion.
3. An illness or death resulting from a belief in the efficacy of magic, a phenomenon observed among those primitive societies, or illiterate and superstitious people; who believe in the power of evil spirits, spells, curses, and control over one's bodily processes, with such belief and resulting fear manifesting itself as psychosomatic illness and even death.