heartsink patient

短语

词形变化

heartsink patients 复数 heartsink patients

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A recurring patient who cannot be definitively cured, such as one whose condition is undiagnosable or untreatable or who presents nebulous symptoms.

    贬义 非正式

词源

From the idea that the patient's approach makes the doctor's heart sink in dread.

来源：wiktionary