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Definitions of hypochondria in various dictionaries:
noun - chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
noun - the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium
The persistent neurotic conviction that one is or is likely to become ill, often involving experiences of real pain when illness is neither present nor likely.
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Greek for the upper abdomen, supposed seat of melancholy, gave us this word for anxiety about health |
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abnormal chronic anxiety about one's health. |
chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments |
Abnormal chronic anxiety about one's health. |
The persistent 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. Also called hypochondriasis. |
Plural of hypochondrium. |
a state in which a person continuously worries about their health without having any reason to do so: |
unnecessary anxiety about and attention to your health |
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Hypochondriasis or hypochondria is a condition in which a person is excessively and unduly worried about having a serious illness. An old concept, its meaning has repeatedly changed due to redefinitions in its source metaphors. It has been claimed that this debilitating condition results from an inaccurate perception of the condition of body or mind despite the absence of an actual medical diagnosis. An individual with hypochondriasis is known as a hypochondriac. Hypochondriacs become unduly alarmed about any physical or psychological symptoms they detect, no matter how minor the symptom may be, and are convinced that they have, or are about to be diagnosed with, a serious illness.Often, hypochondria persists even after a physician has evaluated a person and reassured them that their concerns about symptoms do not have an underlying medical basis or, if there is a medical illness, their concerns are far in excess of what is appropriate for the level of disease. Many hypochondriacs focu |