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DEFINITION: v. To have a medical condition or illness and yet continually deny it, even after your doctor has diagnosed it. n. A person who steadfastly refuses to accept a medical diagnosis or to follow the prescribed treatment.
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Disagsease
Created by: dennisrussis
Pronunciation: diz eg ziz
Sentence: Obseesed with belief of absolute health Mike disageased all sickly signs he felt with increasing frequency in his stomach.
Etymology: Disagree (deny something) + disease (illness)
Payshunt
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: paaaee shunt
Sentence: the payshunt continued to suffer on shunnint treatment as he didn't want to pay the doctor
Etymology: patient, shun , pay
Subjectivitis
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: suhb-jehkt-ihv-ay-tihs
Sentence: Her subjectivitis was acting up again and was harder to treat than the fungus on her feet.
Etymology: subjective (proceeding from or taking place within a person's mind such as to be unaffected by the external world) + itis (inflammation)
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COMMENTS:
better then conjuctivitis.....good one. - mweinmann, 2009-05-28: 12:13:00
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Denyill
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dinīil
Sentence: To the day he died, Dan was in denyill. He told anybody who was willing to listen and many who weren’t that his doctor was a quack who was just out to get his money by prescribing various treatments and medicines. Who knew that you could die from an untreated hangnail?
Etymology: deny (refuse to admit the truth or existence of something) + ill (not in full health; sick)
Medicashun
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: med/i/kay/shun
Sentence: Because of a severe overdose of an incorrect prescription ten years ago, John goes into a medicashun mode refusing to take any drugs his doctor prescribes for his ailments.
Etymology: medicine + shun
Diagnosuch
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: die-ag-NO-such
Sentence: Wilbur refused to accept any sort of diagnosis of an existing ailment, and would declare it to be a diagnosuch, thereby avoiding having to deal with any fear or having to apply a remedy.
Etymology: blend of diagnosis and the term 'no such'
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COMMENTS:
diagbolically good - Nosila, 2009-05-28: 10:42:00
Wilburnished the art of denial.....good word. - mweinmann, 2009-05-28: 12:11:00
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Maladenial
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: malədēnīəl
Sentence: Despite a cough that rattles windows and a diagnosis of pneumonia by his doctor, Rudy insists he only has a minor cold. His maladenial could be profitable if there was a market for the lung pearls he is producing.
Etymology: malady (a disease or ailment) + denial (the action of declaring something to be untrue)
Denyagnosis
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dee nye ag no sis
Sentence: "Congratulations, Bertha, you are pregnant and will be expecting twins in 6 months time!", said Dr.Pepper. But Bertha cried "No"..."Dr.Pepper, that is a denyagnosis...I could not possibly be pregnant, nevermind having twins!" "Why not?"asked Dr.Pepper..."You did have saex with someone 3 months ago, did you not?" "Yes", said Bertha, "But it was only one time with one guy, Bertie...everyone knows you have to do it more than once or with 2 guys to get twins!!!"
Etymology: Deny (declare untrue; contradict;refuse to accept or believe) & Diagnosis (identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon)
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COMMENTS:
I submitted a word today but I'm not sure why. This one is perfect! - artr, 2009-05-28: 05:06:00
geat word!! - mweinmann, 2009-05-28: 12:09:00
Best of the day! - Mustang, 2009-05-28: 18:40:00
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Deniailment
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: deny/ailment
Sentence: Even though his eyelids were stuck together when he woke up and his eyes were red and full of pus, he refused to consider that he might have pink eye and insisted he just had morning allergies.
Etymology: denial + ailment
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COMMENTS:
Good word containing both denail & illness(ailment). - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-09: 20:48:00
Best of the day. Good one! - Mustang, 2008-04-10: 03:35:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James