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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: What's that word? (it is a syndrome) #4541 07/28/00 04:40 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I had no clue as to the answer to this so I resorted to my usual search tricks with Google.com. what I found was that while Munchausen Syndrome is a child making himself sick to gain attention, when an individual makes another person sick in order to accrue the same gains--but this time vicariously--it is called Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. weird... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted What's that word? (it is a syndrome) eoligarry 07/27/00 05:04 PM Re: What's that word? (it is a syndrome) tsuwm 07/28/00 04:40 AM Re: What's that word? (it is a syndrome) TEd Remington 07/28/00 11:21 AM Re: What's that word? (it is a syndrome) Bingley 07/30/00 09:36 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,367 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 653 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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