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“pathophilia”
1. The acceptance and adjustment of a disease: Pathophilia is the changeof habits to conditions made mandatory by some chronic disease.
2. An excessive, abnormal desire to be sick; nosophilia: When Ruth was little, she suffered from pathophilia, whereby, in certain situations, she wanted to become ill although she had no ailments.
2. An excessive, abnormal desire to be sick; nosophilia: When Ruth was little, she suffered from pathophilia, whereby, in certain situations, she wanted to become ill although she had no ailments.
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path-, patho-, -path-, -pathia, -pathic, -pathology, -pathetic, -pathize, -pathy
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