Munchausen syndrome
[ muhn-chou-zuhn sin-drohm, muhnch-hou-zuhn ]
nounPsychiatry.
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.
Origin of Munchausen syndrome
11950–55; named after Baron von Münchhausen, whose fictionalized accounts of his own experiences suggest symptoms of the disorder
- See also Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
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How to use Munchausen syndrome in a sentence
People who intentionally hurt children for attention can be accused of Munchausen syndrome by Proxy.
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