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ulysses syndrome

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables
ulysses syn-drome
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An atypical set of depressive, anxious, dissociative and somatoform symptoms resulting from the stress associated with modern migration.

Uncountable

noun

The physical and psychological sequelae of a misdiagnosis due to a false positive result.

Uncountable

Etymology

Coined in 2002 by Joseba Achotegui of the Universitat de Barcelona, in reference to the ancient mythological hero Ulysses, who travelled for ten years through the Mediterranean to return home from the Trojan War.

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Questions

What does ulysses syndrome mean?
An atypical set of depressive, anxious, dissociative and somatoform symptoms resulting from the stress associated with modern migration.
Where does ulysses syndrome come from?
Coined in 2002 by Joseba Achotegui of the Universitat de Barcelona, in reference to the ancient mythological hero Ulysses, who travelled for ten years through the Mediterranean to return home from the Trojan War.

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