- Münchausen syndrome
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A psychiatric disorder in which those affected feign illness or psychological trauma in order to garner attention or sympathy.
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Münchausen syndrome — For feigned mental illness, see Malingering. Factitious disorders Classification and external resources ICD 10 F68.1 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
Munchausen syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = Munchausen syndrome Caption = DiseasesDB = 8459 DiseasesDB mult = DiseasesDB2|33167 ICD10 = ICD10|F|68|1|f|60 ICD9 = ICD9|301.51 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 3543 eMedicine mult =… … Wikipedia
Munchausen syndrome — noun syndrome consisting of feigning acute and dramatic illness for which no clinical evidence is ever found • Syn: ↑Munchausen s syndrome • Hypernyms: ↑syndrome * * * ˈmənˌchau̇zən , ˈmünˌ , ŋˌkau̇ , ŋˌḵau̇ , ˌ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun or munchausen … Useful english dictionary
Munchausen syndrome — (This is an alternate entry to Munchhausen syndrome with two h s in Munchhausen. Whole medical reports have been written about the Munchausen syndrome incorrectly written with one h.) Recurrent feigning of catastrophic illnesses, a psychological… … Medical dictionary
Munchausen Syndrome — Deliberately simulating medical or surgical illness in order to be admitted to hospital for an operation is a form of malingering, unlike involuntary addiction to surgery. (See HYSTERIA: Karl Menninger describes polysurgical addiction [1934].) … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Münchausen syndrome by proxy — Classification and external resources DiseasesDB 33167 eMedicine med/3544 … Wikipedia
Munchausen syndrome by proxy — also Munchausen s syndrome by proxy bī präk sē n a psychological disorder in which a parent and typically a mother harms her child (as by poisoning), falsifies the child s medical history, or tampers with the child s medical specimens in order to … Medical dictionary
Munchausen syndrome by proxy — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 33167 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 3544| eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|ped|2742 | MeshID = D016735 Fabricated or induced illness (FII), or… … Wikipedia
Munchausen syndrome by proxy — noun → factitious disease. Abbrev.: MSBP, MBP Also, Munchausen s syndrome by proxy. {See Munchausen syndrome} …
Munchausen syndrome by proxy — Psychiatry. a form of Munchausen syndrome in which a person induces or claims to observe a disease in another, usually a close relative, in order to attract the doctor s attention to herself or himself. * * * … Universalium
Munchausen syndrome by proxy — Mun′chausen syn drome by prox′y n. psy a form of Munchausen syndrome in which a person induces or claims to observe a disease in another, usually a close relative, in order to attract the doctor s attention to herself or himself … From formal English to slang
