Medical term:
couvade
cou·vade
(kū-vahd'),A custom in certain cultures in which a man develops labor pains while his wife is in labor and then submits to the same postpartum purification rites and taboos.
[Fr. couver, to hatch]
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sympathy pregnancy
A condition in which a man simulates some features of pregnancy (e.g., morning sickness, constipation, diarrhoea, toothaches, mood swings) as a cultural phenomenon by primitive tribes (e.g., the Tchambulis of New Guinea), to symbolically share the suffering of a pregnant women.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
cou·vade
(kū-vahd')A primitive custom in certain cultures in which a man develops labor pains while his wife is in labor and then submits to the same postpartum purification rites and taboos.
[Fr. couver, to hatch]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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