status dramaticus

English

Etymology

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

Noun

status dramaticus (uncountable)

  1. (medicine and nursing, colloquial, derogatory) The supposed illness affecting a patient who behaves in an overdramatic manner to seek attention or complain about their symptoms.
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