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            • worried well
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            • (informal) People who are healthy but are concerned about becoming ill and so take medication or see a medical practitioner when they don't need to. Collins Dictionary
          • Example sentence(s)
            • The worried well demand lots of consultations and they may fill a significant proportion of emergency appointments. - Practice Business by
            • In a conversation this week with health care providers, they mentioned the problems they're having with what they call "the worried well" — those people who don't have a cough, fever or shortness of breath, but insist on being tested for the coronavirus, COVID-19. - The Leaf Chronicle by
            • With the global outbreak of novel H1N1 influenza (swine flu) entering its fourth week, physicians at emergency rooms, clinics, and hospitals around the United States say they are overwhelmed with "worried well" who have as much as doubled their patient loads. - CIDRAP by
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