English Explanatory Dictionary

factitious disorder imposed on another

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

factitious disorder imposed on another factitious disorders imposed on another

Synonyms

FDIA fabricated or induced illness by carers factitious disorder by proxy Meadow's syndrome Münchausen syndrome by proxy
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on F Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary