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单词 worried well
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worried well


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  1. 1
    people who are healthy, but fear becoming ill and take medication they don’t actually need to try to prevent it.
    The worried well are using up all the flu vaccines.
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    United Kingdom on 05/01/2011

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    The expression worried well in fact dates back to 1970, and was coined by the late Sidney Garfield MD in an article published in Scientific American. Dr Garfield was the founder of one of the US’s first voluntary pre-paid healthcare plans.

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