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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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Antidisfollowdoctor
Created by: balku4
Pronunciation: aw-dee-sfowll-teer
Sentence: youre a antidisfollowdoctor
Etymology: look at the word you will see
Hypocontradictria
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: hypo/contra/dic/treea
Sentence: Someone suffering from hypocontradictria disagrees with all medical diagnoses.
Etymology: hypochondria + contradict
Diagnoresis
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: di/egg/nor'/sis
Sentence: "You have diabetes," Dr. Marcus Wellknee told his patient. "Nonsense," replied Fred. "I'm irritable and tired because I don't get enough sleep at night. I'm always thirsty and hungry because I do a lot of heavy physical labor at work. I go to the bathroom lots because I drink so much water when I am thirsty. There's no way I have diabetes, Doc! I'm only 38!" Under "prognosis" on Fred's chart, Dr. Wellknee wrote "diagnoresis".
Etymology: diagnosis + ignore
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COMMENTS:
Good Blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-09: 20:55:00
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Medicontradiction
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: med-i-con-tra-dic-shon
Sentence: Lois' medicontradiction worried her family. Not only did she continue to deny her condition, but it was grossing everyone out. When they made her eat on the patio, she finally accepted the fact that she needed medication.
Etymology: medication + medical condition + contradiction (to deny or refute)
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COMMENTS:
Yes....time to get a prescription!! Good word. - mweinmann, 2009-05-28: 12:12:00
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Diagnosiree
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: dy - ag - no - suhr - ee
Sentence: Delbert refused to accept any sort of determination of an existing ailment, choosing instead to be a diagnosiree, thereby avoiding having to deal with any sort of therapy.
Etymology: blend of diagnosis and the slang, 'nosiree'.
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-09: 16:03:00
Yep, very creative! - purpleartichokes, 2008-04-09: 16:19:00
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Deniaphile
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: dee-nie-al-file
Sentence: Here rests Bill, He'll be here a while It was a heart attack You dumb deniaphile.
Etymology: denial + phile
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COMMENTS:
Love that epitaph! Nice work. - Jamagra, 2008-04-09: 09:31:00
Sad tale of poor Bill. Nice work! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-09: 20:54:00
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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)
Whynochondriac
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: wy-no-kon-dre-ack
Sentence: Martin's propensity to downplay his illnesses really makes him quite the whynochondriac; just today when asked if he came down with poison ivy after falling asleep in the patch of it, he responded, "why, no!" although his eyes swollen shut and the rash on his body suggests otherwise.
Etymology: why no + hypochondriac
Liepochondria
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: lye po kon dr eeee aaaa
Sentence: His liepochondria and the use of very dim lighting were the main cause of the epidemic.
Etymology: hypochondria, lies.
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COMMENTS:
Is that like lieposuction? - Nosila, 2008-04-09: 19:56:00
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Denyagnosis
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dee nye ag no sis
Sentence: Mary came to work no matter how sick she was believing that she was indispensible and a martyr to the cause. Her boss and colleagues resented it because inevitably they'd catch whatever germs she brought into work. Under protest she went to see her doctor one day and returned to work that afternoon, saying everything was fine. But she was in denyagnosis, because the bright red spots proved that she had the chicken pox and now everyone could look forward to getting them.
Etymology: Deny (refuse to accept or believe) & Diagnosis (determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2010-06-15: 05:15:00
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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