[ fju:g ]
■ noun
1》 Music a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others.
2》 Psychiatry a state or period of loss of awareness of one's identity, often coupled with flight from one's usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy.
Origin
C16: from Fr., or from Ital. fuga , from L. fuga 'flight'.