Munchausen syndrome by proxy

Munchausen syndrome by proxy

noun

Definition of MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY

: a psychological disorder in which a parent and typically a mother harms her child (as by poisoning), falsifies the child's medical history, or tampers with the child's medical specimens in order to create a situation that requires or seems to require medical attention

Variants of MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY

Munchausen syndrome by proxy also Munchausen's syndrome by proxy \-bī-ˈpräk-sē\