DEFINITION: v. To have a medical condition or illness and yet continually deny it, even after your doctor has diagnosed it. n. A person who steadfastly refuses to accept a medical diagnosis or to follow the prescribed treatment.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Reflutiate: /re-flu-tea-ate/ “‘Tis only a fleshwound,” Sir Bledalot reflutiated as another limb was lopped off. Etymology: refute: disprove + flu: illness Created by: youmustvotenato.
Denialvirus: /dee nyal vy rus/ When Roger was bitten by a huge mosquito and had to be hospitalized, he still claimed that he just had a bug bite. He was suffering from denialvirus, which he absolutely refused to believe because he had never even been to Egypt. Etymology: Denial (the act of asserting that something alleged is not true) & Nile Virus (West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) or meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord).
Created by: Nosila.
Maladenial: /malədēnīəl/ Despite a cough that rattles windows and a diagnosis of pneumonia by his doctor, Rudy insists he only has a minor cold. His maladenial could be profitable if there was a market for the lung pearls he is producing. Etymology: malady (a disease or ailment) + denial (the action of declaring something to be untrue) Created by: artr2.
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