alter
n.— «To send her back to prison might trigger her multiple personalities, or “alters,” as the psychiatrists call them.» —“State Hospital wants accused arsonist in jail” by Susan Smallheer in White River Junction Rutland Herald (Vermont) Oct. 31, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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