false pregnancy
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of false pregnancy
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Clark has seen several cases of false pregnancy in her practice.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 11, 2023
The legal battle between Drake and an Instagram model who made false pregnancy and rape claims against him is over.
From Fox News ● Dec. 2, 2018
If she does not give birth at the end of the cycle, she has experienced what is a called a false pregnancy or pseudopregnancy.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2015
Her hormone levels should rise for the next few weeks, and then come down, at which point she will either deliver a cub or have had a false pregnancy, the zoo said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2015
That and similar cases set Dr. Rutherford to scrabbling around in old records, trying to find out something about "pseudocyesis," or false pregnancy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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