Psychiatry. a form of Munchausen syndrome in which a person induces or claims to observe a disease in another, usually a close relative, in order to attract the doctor's attention to herself or himself.
MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY
Meaning of MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012