单词 | heartsink patient |
释义 | heartsink patient in British English (ˈhɑːtˌsɪŋk ˈpeɪʃənt) noun another name for heartsink heartsink in British English (ˈhɑːtˌsɪŋk) noun a. 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 b. (as modifier) heartsink patients Word origin C20: so-called because the patient's appearance in the surgery makes the doctor'sheart sink |
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