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Medical school syndrome

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A form of acute hypochondriasis that affects most people in training to be a physician.

For example, when studying Hodgkin disease, a medical student feels behind their ears or neck, feels little lymph nodes (that are entirely normal), and thinks they have Hodgkin disease

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