MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Munchausen's syndrome; Munchausen syndrome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

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