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Munchausen's Syndrome

Definition: Munchausen's Syndrome

Munchausen's Syndrome

Noun

1. Syndrome consisting of feigning acute and dramatic illness for which no clinical evidence is ever found.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Munchausen's Syndrome

Synonym: Munchausen syndrome (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Munchausen's Syndrome

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Books

  • When the Body Speaks Its Mind: A Psychiatrist Probes the Mysteries of Hypochondria and Munchausen's Syndrome (reference)

  • Medical Imitations of Illness with Pretense and Shams Including Munchausen's Syndrome (reference)

  • Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy Reconsidered (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Munchausen's Syndrome


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 75 6E 63 68 61 75 73 65 6E 27 73      53 79 6E 64 72 6F 6D 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01110101 01101110 01100011 01101000 01100001 01110101 01110011 01100101 01101110 00100111 01110011 00100000 01010011 01111001 01101110 01100100 01110010 01101111 01101101 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#117 &#110 &#99 &#104 &#97 &#117 &#115 &#101 &#110 &#39 &#115 &#32 &#83 &#121 &#110 &#100 &#114 &#111 &#109 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0075 006E 0063 0068 0061 0075 0073 0065 006E 0027 0073      0053 0079 006E 0064 0072 006F 006D 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4787806974678785718098525391807084817971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Orthography 		5. Bibliography


  

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