FDIA

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A form of factitious disorder imposed on another — A factitious (artificial) mental disorder in which someone feigns a health issue in another person, typically a caregiver onto their child, in order to garner attention or sympathy.

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Meanings

nounFDIA (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of factitious disorder imposed on another.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
factitious disorder imposed on another
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