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Polle Polle (Münchhausen)
A son of Baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen.
Associated eponyms:
Münchhausen's syndrome by proxy
A peculiar form of child abuse. In most cases it is the mother inventing symptoms and fabricating signs in relation to her child, and thus causing the child painful and unnecessary physical examinations and treatments.
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