pseudocyesis
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pseudocyeses
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The truth was less scandalous: Despite all appearances to the contrary, Mary had never been pregnant to begin with, having the misfortune of being history’s first well-documented case of a very rare phenomenon called pseudocyesis.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 11, 2023
Nonetheless, both federal prosecutor Roseann Ketchmark and the opposing expert witness forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz vehemently countered the diagnosis of pseudocyesis.
From Fox News ● Dec. 31, 2020
This hinged on the claim that Montgomery was suffering from a rare condition called pseudocyesis that caused her to believe she was pregnant and thought that Stinnett’s baby was hers.
From Slate ● Dec. 21, 2020
But pseudocyesis, if she had it, was a symptom of a bigger problem.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2020
The most noteworthy historic case of pseudocyesis is that of Queen Mary of England, or "Bloody Mary," as she was called.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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