couvade

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Noun

1. A practice among some peoples, such as the Basques, of the husband of a woman in the last stages of pregnancy taking to bed, avoiding certain foods, or imitating other behaviours of a pregnant woman.
2. [[sympathetic|Sympathetic]] [[pregnancy]]: the involuntary sympathetic experience of the husband of symptoms of his wife's pregnancy, such as weight gain or [[morning sickness]].

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