status dramaticus

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The supposed illness affecting a patient who behaves in an overdramatic manner to seek attention or complain about their symptoms.

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词源

Based on status, as in status asthmaticus (“prolonged asthma attack”) or status epilepticus (“prolonged seizure”), and dramatic.

来源:wiktionary