"factitious disorder imposed on another" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: factitious disorders imposed on another [plural]
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  1. (psychiatry) A factitious (artificial) mental disorder in which someone feigns a health issue in another person, typically a caregiver onto their child, in order to garner attention or sympathy. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: FDIA, fabricated or induced illness by carers, factitious disorder by proxy, Meadow's syndrome, Münchausen syndrome by proxy Translations (mental disorder): toiselle sepitetty sairaus (Finnish), zastępczy zespół Münchhausena [inanimate, masculine] (Polish)

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