hypochondria
Also hy·po·chon·dri·a·sis [hahy-poh-kuhn-drahy-uh-sis]. /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/. Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
excessive worry or talk about one's health.
Origin of hypochondria
1Words Nearby hypochondria
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How to use hypochondria in a sentence
I am not sure if this person is genuinely experiencing chronic pain, suffering from hypochondria or suffering from Munchausen syndrome.
Miss Manners: Friend’s aches and pains are hurting the relationship | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | March 4, 2021 | Washington PostAnd oftentimes, we can project hypochondria onto others, Akerman said.
Strangers Diagnose Your Illness and Get Cash in Return | Kevin Zawacki | August 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIs it the solution to online hypochondria, or part of the problem?
Strangers Diagnose Your Illness and Get Cash in Return | Kevin Zawacki | August 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe know the only thing more hopeless than his hypochondria is his romanticism.
He’s Still Older, Even in the Moonlight: Woody Allen’s May-December Romances Inspire Scrutiny | Teo Bugbee | July 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd then when you have kids, you find that your hypochondria can can extend not just to the limits of your own body but to them.
A Q&A with Scott Stossel, Author of ‘My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind’ | Jesse Singal | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It was fear of cancer and a douse of hypochondria that brought me to 23andMe in the first place.
23andMe and Me: Why Policymakers Should Set the Genetic Testing Company Free | Charles C. Johnson | February 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever this may be, I suffer much for lack of someone I care for during these periods of hypochondria.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyOne little case of hypochondria alone ought to be a sufficient guarantee of a steady income for years, properly managed.
The Genial Idiot | John Kendrick Bangshypochondria has no more originary connection with the cartilage of the breastbone than with the cartilage of the ear.
The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals | Edmund P. EvansHere he nursed his hypochondria—the nightmare of his life—and sought the only true relief in hard work.
Old and New London | Walter ThornburyThe malarial poison had entered his blood, causing low fever, dull headache and general hypochondria.
A Dream of Empire | William Henry Venable
British Dictionary definitions for hypochondria
/ (ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndrɪə) /
chronic abnormal anxiety concerning the state of one's health, even in the absence of any evidence of disease on medical examination: Also called: hypochondriasis (ˌhaɪpəʊkɒnˈdraɪəsɪs)
Origin of hypochondria
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for hypochondria
[ hī′pə-kŏn′drē-ə ]
A psychiatric disorder characterized by the conviction that one is ill or soon to become ill, often accompanied by physical symptoms, when illness is neither present nor likely.♦ A person with hypochondria is called a hypochondriac.
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