"status dramaticus" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Based on status, as in status asthmaticus (“prolonged asthma attack”) or status epilepticus (“prolonged seizure”), and dramatic. Etymology templates: {{m|en|status}} status, {{m|en|status asthmaticus||prolonged asthma attack}} status asthmaticus (“prolonged asthma attack”), {{m|en|status epilepticus||prolonged seizure}} status epilepticus (“prolonged seizure”), {{m|en|dramatic}} dramatic Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: colloquial, derogatory, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-status_dramaticus-en-noun-jR7NxBWS

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