subsidence - the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it. cave in. collapse - a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; the roof is in danger of collapse; the collapse of the old star under its own gravity subsidence. noun sinking, settling, collapse, settlement The problems were caused by subsidence. subsidence
Brazilian doctor performs C-section on woman with a phantom pregnancy. The most common symptom in a phantom pregnancy is an extended belly. This month an unnamed 37-year-old woman showed up at a womenâs clinic outside Rio de Janeiro with a melon-size belly and signs of labor, according to the Daily Mail. She was groaning and writhing in pain.
False pregnancy, phantom pregnancy, or hysterical pregnancyâ officially called pseudocyesis in humans and pseudopregnancy in other mammalsâis the appearance of clinical or subclinical signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy when the organism is not actually pregnant.