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scanxiety

scanxiety noun: anxiety experienced while waiting to undergo a medical scan or receive the results of one.

Noun

scanxiety (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Anxiety experienced while waiting to undergo a medical scan or receive the results of one.
    • Even now, almost nine years after Dr. Jablons declared me cured, when I have a "scanxiety" attack or see a frightening cancer headline, I replay his words in my mind and remind myself that I will likely live to play with my son's children and maybe even spend my retirement savings.2011, Lori Hope, Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know, Celestial Arts, →ISBN, page 163
    • Nevertheless, we both experienced the usual "scanxiety" — the nervous feeling one gets at the approach of a scan date.2012, Jai Pausch, Dreaming New Dreams: Reimagining My Life After Loss, Crown Archetype, →ISBN, page 78

Origin of scanxiety

Blend of scan + anxiety.

Questions about scanxiety

What does scanxiety mean?
Scanxiety means anxiety experienced while waiting to undergo a medical scan or receive the results of one.
What part of speech is scanxiety?
Scanxiety is a noun.

Words near scanxiety in the dictionary

  1. scantness
  2. scantron
  3. scantrons
  4. scants
  5. scanty
  6. scanxiety
  7. SCAO
  8. scap
  9. scap-net
  10. scap-nets
  11. Scapa

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