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FALSE PREGNANCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does false pregnancy mean?
• FALSE PREGNANCY (noun)
The noun FALSE PREGNANCY has 1 sense:
1. physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant
Familiarity information: FALSE PREGNANCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
false pregnancy; pseudocyesis
Hypernyms ("false pregnancy" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
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