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MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Munchausen syndrome mean? 

MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. syndrome consisting of feigning acute and dramatic illness for which no clinical evidence is ever foundplay

  Familiarity information: MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.


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MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Syndrome consisting of feigning acute and dramatic illness for which no clinical evidence is ever found

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Munchausen's syndrome; Munchausen syndrome

Hypernyms ("Munchausen syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)


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