It was determined that the patient suffered from pseudocyesis, which is the medical term for "false pregnancy.". From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
I mean, she has an illness, something called pseudocyesis. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2007] Reference
Hers was one of only two cases of pseudocyesis I have seen in my years of practice. From Wordnik.com. [Shouldn’t I Be Happy?] Reference
Although pseudocyesis happens very rarely, some theories have been suggested as to its cause. From Wordnik.com. [Shouldn’t I Be Happy?] Reference
The pseudocyesis, the belief in false pregnancy, certainly has come up in court, that ` s defense. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2007] Reference
We don't even know whether she was pregnant, whether she had a false pregnancy or a pseudocyesis. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2004] Reference
Defense was trying to show the court that their client was a victim of mental illness being diagnosed with “pseudocyesis.”. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Charged With "Womb Theft"] Reference
Women with pseudocyesis are totally preoccupied with the thought of being pregnant, sometimes to the degree of being delusional. From Wordnik.com. [Shouldn’t I Be Happy?] Reference
In the next four years, her obsession to have a child reached a delusional quality to the point of presenting it as pseudocyesis. From Wordnik.com. [Shouldn’t I Be Happy?] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Shouldn’t I Be Happy?] Reference
Women with pseudocyesis may have “borderline” or histrionic personality disorders and display characteristics of being extremely emotional, intense, overly dramatic, and unpredictable. From Wordnik.com. [Shouldn’t I Be Happy?] Reference
Conditions simulating pregnancy (pseudocyesis) (Hirst): 1. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
He also quotes the following case associated with pseudocyesis. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The other name for hysterical pregnancy is false pregnancy or pseudocyesis for humans. From Wordnik.com. [Now What, Cat?] Reference
In fact, nearly every text-book on obstetrics gives some space to the subject of pseudocyesis. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The most noteworthy historic case of pseudocyesis is that of Queen Mary of England, or "Bloody Mary," as she was called. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The most noteworthy historic case of pseudocyesis is that of Queen Mary of England, or ` ` Bloody Mary, '' as she was called. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
We can readily believe how easy the deception might be when we recall the exact simulation of the fetal movements in instances of pseudocyesis. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
A person suffering from pseudocyesis may often have all the same signs and symptoms as a person who is actually pregnant, but there is no fetus. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
Harvey cites several instances of pseudocyesis, and says we must not rashly determine of the the inordinate birth before the seventh or after the eleventh month. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Weir Mitchell 2.135 delineates an interesting case of pseudocyesis as follows: ` ` A woman, young, or else, it may be, at or past the climacteric, eagerly desires a child or is horribly afraid of becoming pregnant. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Other signs of pseudocyesis include menstrual irregularity found in 56 to 98 percent of women with the condition and the sensation of fetal movements which is experienced by 48 to 75 percent of women with the condition. From Wordnik.com. [foodconsumer.org] Reference
Of course, many of the cases are not examples of true pseudocyesis, with its interesting phenomena, but instances of malingering for mercenary or other purposes, and some are calculated to deceive the most expert obstetricians by their tricks. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Suppression of the menses, enlargement of the abdomen, engorgement of the breasts, together with the symptoms produced by the imagination, such as nausea, spasmodic contraction of the abdomen, etc., are for the most part the origin of the cases of pseudocyesis. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
A prominent woman of the nineteenth century, England’s Queen Victoria, was found to be repeatedly suffering from pseudocyesis. From Wordnik.com. [Shouldn’t I Be Happy?] Reference
Weir Mitchell delineates an interesting case of pseudocyesis as follows: "A woman, young, or else, it may be, at or past the climacteric, eagerly desires a child or is horribly afraid of becoming pregnant. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
COOPER: Wait, what's pseudocyesis?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2004] Reference
False pregnancy pseudocyesis, 50–52. From Wordnik.com. [Shouldn’t I Be Happy?] Reference
pseudocyesis, 51–52. From Wordnik.com. [Shouldn’t I Be Happy?] Reference
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