heartsink patient
English
Etymology
From the idea that the patient's approach makes the doctor's heart sink in dread.
Noun
heartsink patient (plural heartsink patients)
- (informal, derogatory) A recurring patient who cannot be definitively cured, such as one whose condition is undiagnosable or untreatable or who presents nebulous symptoms.
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