Taber's Medical Dictionary
simulation
(sim-yŭ-lā′shŏn )
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1. Pretense of having a disease; feigning of illness.
SEE: malingerer; SEE: Munchausen syndrome
2. The imitation of symptoms of one disease by another.
3. A replica.
4. An educational model of an actual situation for the training of students.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Simulation." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761372/all/simulation.
Simulation. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761372/all/simulation. Accessed October 27, 2025.
Simulation. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761372/all/simulation
Simulation [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 October 27]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761372/all/simulation.
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