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multiple personality disorder

a dissociative mental disorder characterized by the existence in a person of two or more distinct, independent personalities, any of which may control behavior while being unaware of the other personalities and their memories and experiences
also written multiple-personality disorder mul′tiple-per′sonal′ity disorder

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