puppy pregnancy syndrome

noun

A psychosomatic illness in humans, associated with mass hysteria in parts of India, and involving the belief that a person bitten by a dog will later give birth to puppies.

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Meanings

nounpuppy pregnancy syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA psychosomatic illness in humans, associated with mass hysteria in parts of India, and involving the belief that a person bitten by a dog will later give birth to puppies.
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