Lycanthropy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

lycanthropy
    n 1: (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the
         characteristics of a wolf

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lycanthropy \Ly*can"thro*py\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. lycanthropie.]
   1. The supposed act of turning one's self or another person
      into a wolf. --Lowell.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Med.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient
      imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that
      animal.
      [1913 Webster] lycee