status dramaticus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Based on status, as in status asthmaticus (“prolonged asthma attack”) or status epilepticus (“prolonged seizure”), and dramatic.
Noun[edit]
status dramaticus (uncountable)
- (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.