English Dictionary

Münchausen syndrome by proxy

名詞

不可算名詞

a psychological disorder in which a caregiver and especially a parent induces the symptoms of a disease or injury in their child, falsifies the child's medical history, or tampers with the child's diagnostic specimens in order to create a situation that typically requires medical attention

日本語の意味

代理性ミュンヒハウゼン症候群：保護者（特に親）が子供に故意に病気やけがの症状を引き起こし、子供の医療歴を偽造したり、診断検体を改ざんすることで、本来は医療介入が必要な状態を作り出す心理障害。

After months of unexplained hospital visits, doctors finally suspected Münchausen syndrome by proxy and involved child protective services.

数か月にわたる原因不明の入院が続いた後、医師たちは最終的に他者への作為性障害を疑い、児童保護サービスに連絡した。

意味（1）

a psychological disorder in which a caregiver and especially a parent induces the symptoms of a disease or injury in their child, falsifies the child's medical history, or tampers with the child's diagnostic specimens in order to create a situation that typically requires medical attention