dermatitis artefacta

noun

A factitious disorder in which the patient feigns symptoms and produces signs of disease by scratching or otherwise damaging the skin.

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Meanings

noundermatitis artefacta (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA factitious disorder in which the patient feigns symptoms and produces signs of disease by scratching or otherwise damaging the skin.
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