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Definition of Cyesis
1. pregnancy [n CYESES] - See also: pregnancy
Medical Definition of Cyesis
1. An obsolete term for pregnancy. Origin: G. Kyesis (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyesis
Literary usage of Cyesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clinical lectures on diseases of women by Sir James Young Simpson (1863)
"Perhaps the descriptive designation proposed by Dr. Good of pseudo-cyesis would
save sometimes the practitioner from difficulty—when hard pressed as we ..."
2. A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and by Daniel Hack Tuke (1892)
"A remarkable instance of pseudo-cyesis symptomatic of insanity is ... We must
not forget, however, that pseudo-cyesis is not limited to the climacteric. ..."
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