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hypochondria::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hypochondriasis |
| Type of | anxiety, anxiousness |
| Derivation | hypochondriacal |
Examples of hypochondria
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When it comes to medical dramas, hypochondria is the highest form of flattery.
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Adams was a hyperactive child and prone to frequent sickness and hypochondria.
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I do not think it is merely a symptom of Jewish hypochondria to ask such questions.
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Major disease outbreaks or predicted pandemics can also contribute to hypochondria.
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Is there a link between creativity and hypochondria as some have speculated?
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He intended medicine as a profession, but its study brought on hypochondria.
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The story of hypochondria through the lens of a few of its famous sufferers.
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These days, however, its hypochondria is being taken seriously-and with good reason.
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China's president visits the United States, amid a new bout of American hypochondria.
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- Chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
- (hypochondriac) suffering from hypochondria
- (hypochondrium) the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium
- A psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness
- (hypochondriac) Somebody who is unduly preoccupied with personal health and believes that illness is nearly always present or imminent.
- (hypochondriac) The belief that one is constantly sick. An abnormal obsession about health.
- (hypochondriac) high-puh-KAWN-dree-ak/ A person affected by an abnormally heightened and unreasonable fear of disease.
- (Hypochondrium) So, why should this region of the upper abdomen which lies hidden beneath the lower costal cartilages give rise to the adjective hypochondriac (chondros = Greek for cartilage), to one who suffers from an illness without knownorganic basis? ...
- A term used to refer to premitochondriate eukaryotes.
