Münchausen syndrome by proxy

English

Noun

Münchausen syndrome by proxy (uncountable)

  1. a psychological disorder in which a caregiver and especially a parent induces the symptoms of a disease or injury in their child, falsifies the child's medical history, or tampers with the child's diagnostic specimens in order to create a situation that typically requires medical attention
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