fugue \ fyüg
\ n. 1. a
contrapuntal musical composition in which one or two melodic
themes are repeated or imitated by the
successively entering voices and developed
in a continuous interweaving of the voice
parts into a well-defined single structure.
2. something having a thematic structure
that is suggestive of a musical fugue.
3. a pathological disturbance of
consciousness during which the patient performs acts of
which s/he appears to be conscious but of
which on recovery s/he has no recollection.
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