PSEUDOCYESIS


Meaning of PSEUDOCYESIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -sī-ˈē-səs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from pseud- + cyesis pregnancy, from Greek kyēsis, from kyein to be pregnant — more at cyme

Date: circa 1817

: a psychosomatic state that occurs without conception and is marked by some of the physical symptoms and changes in hormonal balance of pregnancy

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