Munchausen syndrome

[ muhn-chou-zuhn sin-drohm, muhnch-hou-zuhn ]

/ ˈmʌnˌtʃaʊ zən ˌsɪn droʊm, ˈmʌntʃˌhaʊ zən /

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noun Psychiatry.

a factitious disorder in which otherwise healthy individuals seek to hospitalize themselves with feigned or self-induced pathology in order to receive surgical or other medical treatment.

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Origin of Munchausen syndrome

1950–55; named after Baron von Münchhausen, whose fictionalized accounts of his own experiences suggest symptoms of the disorder

Words nearby Munchausen syndrome

mun., munch, Munchausen, Munchausen's syndrome, Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, Munchausen syndrome, Munchausen syndrome by proxy, München, München-Gladbach, Münchhausen, munchies

How to use Munchausen syndrome in a sentence

Advanced maternal age dramatically increases the risk of maternal mortality as well as birth defects like Down Syndrome.
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Jolly somehow finds the time to also manage a restaurant and help kids who have Autism and Down syndrome ride horses.
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We still have a long way to go, but it has improved dramatically since the post Vietnam syndrome when Vets were spit on.
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In 1975, Sesame Street became the first children's program to feature someone with Down Syndrome.
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However, the current thinking is that Merrick may have suffered from Proteus syndrome.
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I confess it has the air of one of Baron Munchausen's yarns, and I am somewhat doubtful about it.
Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match|Francis C. Woodworth
M. de Munchausen is one of those Ministers of State who bears the most Sway.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
Down went Captain Munchausen singing inverted psalms, with a whole nest of rockets exploding in his brain.
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Captain Munchausen made no reply, my boy, but motioned for his men to bear him from the field.
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 1|Robert H. Newell
Or was the editor of the Mercure the original Baron Munchausen?
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