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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HEARTSINK

So-Called because the patient's appearance in the surgery makes the doctor's heart sink.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HEARTSINK

heartsink  [ˈhɑːtˌsɪŋk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEARTSINK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heartsink is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HEARTSINK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of heartsink in the English dictionary

The definition of heartsink in the dictionary is a patient who repeatedly visits his or her doctor's surgery, often with multiple or non-specific symptoms, and whose complaints are impossible to treat.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEARTSINK


blink
blɪŋk
cinque
sɪŋk
countersink
ˈkaʊntəˌsɪŋk
drink
drɪŋk
ink
ɪŋk
kitchen-sink
ˌkɪtʃɪnˈsɪŋk
link
lɪŋk
lip-sync
ˈlɪpˌsɪŋk
lip-synch
ˈlɪpˌsɪŋk
permalink
ˈpɜːməˌlɪŋk
pink
pɪŋk
postsync
ˌpəʊstˈsɪŋk
sel-sync
ˈsɛlˌsɪŋk
shrink
ʃrɪŋk
sink
sɪŋk
sync
sɪŋk
synch
sɪŋk
think
θɪŋk
wink
wɪŋk
zinc
zɪŋk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEARTSINK

heartless
heartlessly
heartlessness
heartlet
heartling
heartly
hearts
heartsease
heartseed
heartsick
heartsickness
heartsink patient
heartsome
heartsomely
heartsomeness
heartsore
heartstrings
heartwood
heartworm
hearty

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEARTSINK

behavioural sink
brink
carbon sink
dink
energy drink
everything but the kitchen sink
fink
heat sink
hyperlink
I don´t think
kink
kitchen sink
meat and drink
mink
on the blink
rethink
rink
stink
the drink
unlink

Synonyms and antonyms of heartsink in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heartsink» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEARTSINK

Find out the translation of heartsink to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heartsink from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heartsink» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

heartsink
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heartsink
570 millions of speakers

English

heartsink
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

heartsink
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

heartsink
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

heartsink
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heartsink
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heartsickness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

heartsink
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesunyian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heartsink
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

heartsink
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

heartsink
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heartsink
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

heartsickness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ह्रदय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heartsickness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

heartsink
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heartsink
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

heartsink
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heartsink
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

heartsink
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

heartsink
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

heartsink
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

heartsink
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heartsink

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEARTSINK»

The term «heartsink» is used very little and occupies the 183.459 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEARTSINK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heartsink

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEARTSINK»

Discover the use of heartsink in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heartsink and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Contemporary Developments in Adult and Young Adult Therapy: ...
The term“heartsink patient” isan established partof the lexiconof general practice. Growing outof the experiences described byO'Dowd (1988), it conveys the socalledsinking ofthe heart feeling in the face of helplessness, frustration, and ...
Alessandra Lemma, 2012
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Consulting with NLP: Neuro-linguistic Programming in the ...
And. have you ever wondered, is there such a thing as a heartsink doctor? Some patients may be your own personal heartsinks. By that I mean that other doctors may see them quite differently, and they are only heartsinks to you. Yet your ...
Lewis Walker, 2002
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Primary Health Care: Theory and Practice
The heartsink patient: a preliminary study. Fam Pract 1991;8:112–116. 50 O' Dowd TC. Five years of heartsink patients in general practice. BMJ 1988;297:528 –530. 51 Ellis CG. Chronic unhappiness. Investigating the phenomenon in family  ...
Trisha Greenhalgh, 2008
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Narrative-based Primary Care: A Practical Guide
It might therefore be more appropriate to talk of heartsink interactions (Wright and Morgan 1990; Salinsky and Sackin 2001 ). It is worth speculating how doctors might alter their view of the matter by also considering which patients and families ...
John Launer, 2002
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The GP Trainer's Handbook: An Edcation Guide for Trainers by ...
Sub-clinical increasing severity figure 9.1 Threshold of diagnosis recognition graph managing medical complexity Heartsink patients The four categories of heartsink patients can form the basis of an interesting tutorial – particularly with the ...
Paul Middleton, Maurice Price, 2011
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Notes for the MRCGP: A Curriculum Based Guide to the AKT, ...
Table 2.1 Types of 'difficult' patient At a slightly more sophisticated level, there have been several attempts to classify the so-called 'heartsink' patient (Cohen 1986). Groves (1951) has defined four categories of difficult patient (Table 2.1).
Keith Palmer, Nicholas Boeckx, Nicholas K. Boeckx, 2009
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Oxford Handbook of General Practice
Some GPs report more heartsink patients than others. The problem relates to the GP's perception of patients as well as the patients themselves. GP risk factors: perception of high workload; low job satisfaction; lack of training in counselling or  ...
Chantal Simon, Hazel Everitt, Francoise van Dorp, 2014
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Healthcare Management Dictionary
Services that may be provided by healthy living centres include Well Man and Well Woman clinics, sexual health or dietary advice, physical exercise facilities and English language classes. www.ohn. gov.uk/ohn/partnerships/hlc. htm Heartsink ...
Annie Phillips, 2003
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A Textbook of Family Medicine
This was called by Balint (1964) "the fat envelope syndrome" after the bulging charts accumulated by these patients. These patients have also been called " heartsink patients" — identified by the feeling they evoke in the doctor (O'Dowd ...
Ian R. McWhinney, 1997
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The Barefaced Doctor: A Mischievous Medical Companion
Heartsink. patients. A label GPs use for patients who, as they enter the consulting room, precipitate the defining symptom: the doctor's dominant hand clenches into a fist beneath the desk. Aveteran doctor-watcher, Ruth Holland, described ...
Michael O'Donnell, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEARTSINK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heartsink is used in the context of the following news items.
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Game meat among top 50 fastest growing consumer products in …
... to be hung outside the back door for a week or more before plucking and gutting, was a heartsink moment. It no longer needs to be the case ... «Western Morning News, Jun 15»
2
Saturday at Leeds Festival 2014 – the full report
"Lets see if we can get this going now that the rain's fucking gone," urged drummer Steven Ansell before 'Heartsink'. He later dedicated 'Cold' ... «NME.com, Aug 14»
3
We all just want to be happy
A practical application which appealed to me was taking a few moments before calling in a 'heartsink' patient to breathe (mindfulness) and to ... «New Zealand Doctor Online, Jul 14»
4
When no one knows what's wrong
People like Townson are sometimes described by doctors as ''heartsink'' patients. Examining such patients again and again, but being unable ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 14»
5
Revamped General Medical Council revisited
I admit to a milder heartsink moment. Guiltily, I deliberately left it unread until two days before the hearing, which was to be held not in London ... «Irish Medical Times, Dec 13»
6
Don't Ask: Dirt Bike Q&A With Rick Sieman
Heartsink! It had fallen down the crack between the dash/window joint. I clambered up on the hood of the El Camino and peered in through the ... «Off-Road.com, Nov 13»
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Royal baby name: George? It's as common as muck, says Alison …
So no wonder I had a moment of heartsink about the new royal George. For the name is — if the royalists will forgive me — more than common ... «Daily Mail, Jul 13»
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GPs launch their book on 'Being a doctor'
The book covers these issues and many more including the doctor-patient relationship, models of consultation, the "heartsink" experience and ... «New Zealand Doctor Online, Jul 13»
9
Exclusive: Pulled Apart By Horses' James Brown talks to us about …
... Off My Ghost Train/Heartsink.) James even got to play live with the band at their recent Shepherds Bush Empire show, which was an absolute ... «Counteract Magazine, Jan 13»
10
Blood Red Shoes x Pulled Apart By Horses Split Single
Pulled Apart By Horses attack 'Heartsink' while their Brighton cohorts rampage through 'Get Off My Ghost Train'. Two contrasting quotes... Steve Ansell (Blood ... «Clash Magazine, Jan 13»

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