单词 | neuromimesis |
释义 | neuromimesisn. Psychiatry. Now historical. Imitation of the symptoms of a physical disease by (a person with) a psychological disorder. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > neurosis > other forms of neurosis neuromimesis1873 accident neurosis1896 suburban neurosis1938 Munchausen syndrome1951 Polle syndrome1977 chronic factitious disorder1980 fabricated or induced illness1994 1873 J. Paget in Lancet 11 Oct. 511/1 In English we may speak of nervous mimicry; in untranslated Greek, of neuromimesis. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 88 ‘Neuro-mimesis’ lays too much stress on the resemblances..between the symptoms of hysteria and of other diseases. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 859/1 The special use of this drug [sc. valerian]..is in hysteria or, as it is more properly styled, neuromimesis. 1990 L. Picknett Encycl. Paranormal 87/2 Clinically, this type of hysteria represents what Sir James Paget..labelled ‘neuromimesis’. It can occur in bizarre forms, such as pseudocyesis—false pregnancy..or couvade, where the father has the labour pains. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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