Munchausen syndrome by proxy
noun
variants:
or less commonly Munchausen's syndrome by proxy
Definition of Munchausen syndrome by proxy
: a psychological disorder in which a parent and typically a mother harms her child (as by poisoning), falsifies the child's medical history, or tampers with the child's medical specimens in order to create a situation that requires or seems to require medical attention
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