Medical Dictionary
battered woman syndrome
noun battered wom·an syndrome \-ˈwu̇-mən-, -ˈwō-, -ˈwə-\
Medical Definition of BATTERED WOMAN SYNDROME
: the highly variable symptom complex of physical and psychological injuries exhibited by a woman repeatedly abused especially physically by her mate—called also battered wife syndrome, battered women's syndrome
Variants of BATTERED WOMAN SYNDROME
battered wom·an syndrome also battered wom·an's syndrome \-mənz-\
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