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- noun informal, derogatory A
recurring patient who cannot bedefinitively cured , such as one whose condition isundiagnosable oruntreatable or who presents nebulous symptoms.
Etymologies
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From the idea that the patient's approach makes the doctor's heart sink in dread.
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