Definition of Munchausen’s syndrome

Munchausen’s syndromenoun

Hội chứng Munchausen

/ˈmʊntʃaʊzənz sɪndrəʊm//ˈmʊntʃaʊzənz sɪndrəʊm/

Word Origin1950s: named after the character Baron Munchausen, who was the hero of a book of fantastic travellers' tales (1785) written in English by a German, Rudolph Erich Raspe.

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