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heartsink
/ ˈhɑːtˌsɪŋk /
noun
- 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
- ( as modifier )
heartsink patients
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Word History and Origins
Origin of heartsink1
C20: so-called because the patient's appearance in the surgery makes the doctor's heart sink
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