MUNCHAUSEN'S SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Munchausen's syndrome mean? 

• MUNCHAUSEN'S SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun MUNCHAUSEN'S SYNDROME has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUNCHAUSEN'S 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's syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)