status dramaticus
The supposed illness affecting a patient who behaves in an overdramatic manner to seek…The supposed illness affecting a patient who behaves in an overdramatic manner to seek attention or complain about their symptoms.
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial, derogatory, uncountable)The supposed illness affecting a patient who behaves in an overdramatic manner to seek attention or complain about their symptoms.
Origin
Based on status, as in status asthmaticus (“prolonged asthma attack”) or status epilepticuBased on status, as in status asthmaticus (“prolonged asthma attack”) or status epilepticus (“prolonged seizure”), and dramatic.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable