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Munchausen syndrome
[ muhn-chou-zuhn sin-drohm, muhnch-hou-zuhn ]
noun
, Psychiatry.
- a factitious disorder in which otherwise healthy individuals seek to hospitalize themselves with feigned or self-induced pathology in order to receive surgical or other medical treatment.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Munchausen syndrome1
1950–55; named after Baron von Münchhausen ( def ), whose fictionalized accounts of his own experiences suggest symptoms of the disorder
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Example Sentences
People who intentionally hurt children for attention can be accused of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.
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