Hypochondria

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  • noun. The conviction that one is or is likely to become ill, often involving symptoms when illness is neither present nor likely, and persisting despite reassurance and medical evidence to the contrary.
  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A morbid condition characterized by exaggerated uneasiness and anxiety as to one's health, and also by extreme general depression; low spirits: in this sense often abbreviated hypo, or formerly hyp, hip. See hypo. hip.
  • noun. Plural of hypochondrium.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An excessive concern about one's own health, particularly a morbid worry about illnesses which a person imagines are affecting him, often focusing on specific symptoms; also called hypochondriasis.
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  • noun. A psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness.
  • noun. Plural form of hypochondrium.
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  • noun. chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
    • Word Usage
    "I’m lucky in that hypochondria is the one thing I don’t suffer from."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    anxiety  anxiousness  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    mitochondria  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ageing  asthma  chorea  d'arthur  despondency  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abstraction  abulia  accident neurosis  alienation  anxiety  
    variant
    hypochondriasis  
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