false pregnancy


noun Pathology, Veterinary Pathology.

physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
Also called pseudopregnancy.

Origin of false pregnancy

First recorded in 1880–85

British Dictionary definitions for false pregnancy

false pregnancy

noun

another name for phantom pregnancy

Medical definitions for false pregnancy

false pregnancy

n.

A usually psychosomatic condition, occurring in both males and females, in which physical symptoms of pregnancy are manifested without conception. pseudocyesis pseudopregnancy