Apr 20, 2020 10:58
4 yrs ago
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English term
worried well
COVID-19
GBK
English to Ukrainian
Medical
Medical (general)
Definition from
Collins Dictionary:
(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.
Example sentences:
The worried well demand lots of consultations and they may fill a significant proportion of emergency appointments. (Practice Business)
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)
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)
Proposed translations
(Ukrainian)
| 4 +2 | стурбовані (перелякані) здорові |
Yuliia Behen (nee Herus)
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Proposed translations
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Yuliia Behen (nee Herus)
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine
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стурбовані (перелякані) здорові
Очевидно, фраза не надто активно використовується в україномовному інтернет-просторі.
Definition from
own experience or research:
Здебільшого здорові люди, які під час епідемії (пандемії) під впливом страху схильні турбуватися станом свого здоров'я більше, ніж доцільно, як правило - безпідставно.
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