dermatitis artefacta
A factitious disorder in which the patient feigns symptoms and produces signs of…A factitious disorder in which the patient feigns symptoms and produces signs of disease by scratching or otherwise damaging the skin.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A factitious disorder in which the patient feigns symptoms and produces signs of disease by scratching or otherwise damaging the skin.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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