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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 found
Familiarity information: MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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