Munchausen syndrome
(mŭnˈchouˌzən, mŭnchˈhouˌ-)
noun A psychological disorder characterized by the repeated fabrication or causation of disease symptoms or trauma for the purpose of gaining medical attention or treatment.
Origin:
Origin: After Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchhausen (because the fabricated diseases recalled his fictionalized accounts of his life)
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