pseudocyesis (redirected from Psychological pregnancy)

pseudocyesis /pseu·do·cy·e·sis/ (soo″do-si-e´sis) false pregnancy.

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pseu·do·cy·e·sis (sd-s-ss)

n.

See false pregnancy.

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pseudocyesis

[-sī·ē′sis]

Etymology: Gk, pseudes + kyesis, pregnancy

a condition in which a woman believes that she is pregnant when she is not. Certain signs and symptoms suggest pregnancy, such as the absence of the menses, although conception has not occurred and therefore there is no embryonic development. The condition may be psychogenic in origin or caused by a tumor or endocrine dysfunction. Also called false pregnancy, pseudopregnancy, spurious pregnancy.

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pseudocyesis

see false pregnancy.

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pseudocyesis

Psychiatry A Sx complex affecting ♀ with a strong and unfulfilled desire for children, resulting in amenorrhea, morning sickness, induration of breasts, ↑ abdominal girth. See Pseudopregnancy. Cf Sympathy 'pregnancy.'.