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heartsink

/ (ˈhɑːtˌsɪŋk) /

noun

  1. a patient who repeatedly visits his or her doctor's surgery, often with multiple or non-specific symptoms, and whose complaints are impossible to treat
  2. (as modifier)heartsink patients

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Word Origin for heartsink

C20: so-called because the patient's appearance in the surgery makes the doctor's heart sink

Words nearby heartsink

heart's content, heart-searching, heartsease, heart shell, heartsick, heartsink, heartsome, heartsore, heart sound, heart stands still, heart starter
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