Munchausen syndrome
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A psychological disorder characterized by the repeated fabrication or causation of disease symptoms or trauma for the purpose of gaining medical attention or treatment.

[After Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchhausen (because the fabricated diseases recalled his fictionalized accounts of his life).]

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Noun

Munchausen syndrome - syndrome consisting of feigning acute and dramatic illness for which no clinical evidence is ever found

Munchausen's syndrome

syndrome - a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease

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Munchausen syndrome by proxy Munchausen's syndrome Munchausen's syndrome by proxy syndrome			1) Through the article, a patient, dubbed "Cathy," sought to inform physicians not only about the range of factitious illness behaviors in which she had engaged, but also about her reasons for doing so. Recovery from Munchausen syndrome by Feldman, Marc D. / Southern Medical Journal Abstract Munchausen's syndrome is a factitious illness in which patients fabricate medical problems in order to receive medical attention. Blood--but not bleeding--at a tracheotomy site: a case of ... by Hirschi, Scot D. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal The judge said she was said to be suffering from factitious illness, formerly known as Munchausen's by proxy, and the answer might lie in her earlier life. Mother is jailed for murdering young son by The Birmingham Post (England)			façonné Facound facsimile facsimile machine facsimile publication Facsimile telegraph facsimile transmission fact fact mood fact of life fact-based fact-finding factice facticity faction faction fight factional factionalism factionalize Factionary Factioner factionism Factionist factious factitious Factitious Illness factitive factive factlet Facto factoid factor factor analyse factor analysis factor analytic factor analytical factor analyze factor cost factor I factor II factor III factor in factor IV factor IX factor of production factor of proportionality factor of safety factor out factor V factor VII factor VIII			factiously factiously factiousness factiousness factitare factitial factitial dermatitis factitious factitious factitious Factitious AIDS Factitious Dermatopathy factitious diarrhea Factitious Diarrhoea factitious disease factitious disease factitious disease Factitious diseases Factitious disorder Factitious disorder Factitious disorder Factitious disorder Factitious Disorder by Proxy Factitious Disorder by Proxy Factitious Disorder by Proxy Factitious Disorder by Proxy Factitious Disorder by Proxy Factitious disorders Factitious Fever factitious hypoglycemia Factitious Illness Factitious Near-Death Experience Factitious Panniculitis Factitious Phaeochromocytoma Factitious Purpura Factitious Sickness Factitious Sickness Factitious Sickness factitious thyrotoxicosis factitiously factitiously factitiously factitiousness factitiousness factitiousness factitive factitive factitively Factive Factive Factive Mental State Operator factlet Factnet Facto Facto factoid factoidal factoids factor factor factor

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Munchausen syndrome (redirected from Factitious Illness)

Munchausen syndrome
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