Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Spurious pregnancy.
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- noun false
pregnancy ; the appearance of signs andsymptoms associated with pregnancy when the person or animal is notpregnant
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- noun physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It was determined that the patient suffered from pseudocyesis, which is the medical term for "false pregnancy."
FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2010
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I mean, she has an illness, something called pseudocyesis.
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Defense was trying to show the court that their client was a victim of mental illness being diagnosed with “pseudocyesis.”
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The pseudocyesis, the belief in false pregnancy, certainly has come up in court, that ` s defense.
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We don't even know whether she was pregnant, whether she had a false pregnancy or a pseudocyesis ...
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In the next four years, her obsession to have a child reached a delusional quality to the point of presenting it as pseudocyesis.
Shouldn’t I Be Happy? M.D. Shaila Misri 1985
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In some cases of pseudocyesis, the woman is infertile and cannot conceive; or she may be having marital problems and sees pregnancy as a way to save the marriage.
Shouldn’t I Be Happy? M.D. Shaila Misri 1985
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Women with pseudocyesis may have “borderline” or histrionic personality disorders and display characteristics of being extremely emotional, intense, overly dramatic, and unpredictable.
Shouldn’t I Be Happy? M.D. Shaila Misri 1985
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Hers was one of only two cases of pseudocyesis I have seen in my years of practice.
Shouldn’t I Be Happy? M.D. Shaila Misri 1985
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Although pseudocyesis happens very rarely, some theories have been suggested as to its cause.
Shouldn’t I Be Happy? M.D. Shaila Misri 1985
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Habek Dubravko, of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the School of Medicine Sveti Duh General Hospital in Croatia, published a study of pseudocyesis, or false pregnancy, in 2010.
When Pregnancy Is the Only Time a Woman Is Treated as Powerful Lyz Lenz 2021
chained_bear commented on the word pseudocyesis
Interesting article here.
June 11, 2009
reesetee commented on the word pseudocyesis
Fascinating!
June 11, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word pseudocyesis
I swear I posted this condition before even though I didn't know this word, but I don't have "false pregnancy" listed... *rummages through Wordie*
June 11, 2009