Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

worried well

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English

Syllables: wor-ried well
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Users of medical or psychiatric services who are not suffering from any diagnosable disease.

Example Sentences

""In cities with a high and more visible number of men becoming sick and dying from AIDS, the worried well report panic attacks, somatic preoccupations, and difficulty functioning on the job because of obsessional worrying about the syndrome.""

Etymology

Coined in 1970 by Sidney Garfield, founder of Kaiser Permanente.

Frequently Paired Words

hypochondria

Questions

What does worried well mean?: Users of medical or psychiatric services who are not suffering from any diagnosable disease.
Where does worried well come from?: Coined in 1970 by Sidney Garfield, founder of Kaiser Permanente.

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