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pseudocyesis
1. A false impression of pregnancy.
2. A physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant.
3. A usually psychosomatic condition, occurring in both males and females, in which physical symptoms of pregnancy are manifested without conception; also called false pregnancy, pseudopregnancy.
4. A psychosomatic state that occurs in a woman without conception and is marked by some of the physical symptoms (as cessation of menses, enlargement of the abdomen, and apparent fetal movements) and changes in hormonal balance of pregnancy.
This entry is located in the following units: cyesio-, cyes-, cyo- + (page 2) pseudo-, pseud- (page 3)