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heartsink patients

heartsink patients is the plural of heartsink patient.

Meaning of heartsink patient

Noun

heartsink patient (plural heartsink patients)

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

Questions about heartsink patients

What is heartsink patients the plural of?
Heartsink patients is the plural of heartsink patient.

Words near heartsink patients in the dictionary

  1. heartsickening
  2. heartsickness
  3. heartsicknesses
  4. heartsink
  5. heartsink patient
  6. heartsink patients
  7. heartsinks
  8. heartsome
  9. heartsomely
  10. heartsomeness
  11. heartsong

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