单词 | pseudocyesis |
释义 | pseudocyesisn. Medicine. False pregnancy; (also) †molar pregnancy (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of pregnancy or birth > [noun] > false conception or pregnancy molaa1398 mole?c1425 maw mother?c1475 mooncalf1565 whetstone1580 cushion1600 false conception1601 pseudocyesis1859 pseudopregnancy1860 1859 Med. Times & Gaz. 3 Sept. 225/1 There are two varieties of pseudo-cyesis or spurious pregnancy, a local and a constitutional. 1872 Lancet 18 May 686/1 The two cases of pseudocyesis which the author particularly treats are molar pregnancy and hydatidiform mole. 1950 H. B. Friedgood in R. H. Williams Textbk. Endocrinol. x. 657 The sensation of fetal movements is reported usually during the fourth or fifth months of pseudocyesis. 1995 Daily Tel. 15 Feb. 17/6 Pseudocyesis is a striking example of power the mind has over the body. The periods cease, the abdomen swells, the breasts increase in size. 2005 Theriogenology 64 743 False pregnancy, or pseudocyesis, is a normal phenomenon in bitches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859 |
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