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Definition of hypochondria in English: hypochondrianoun ˌhʌɪpəˈkɒndrɪəˌhaɪpəˈkɑndriə mass nounAbnormal chronic anxiety about one's health. Example sentencesExamples - People with hypochondria really believe they're sick.
- My hypochondria has eased a bit over the past 35 years - now I worry more about my kids' health, freaking out over every sniffle and scrape.
- Experts say that an abnormal fixation on STDs can be a sign of obsessive-compulsive disorder or hypochondria.
- Grandma's elephantine ankles, mother's hypochondria, Grandpa's grubbiness, are all experienced as her own.
- As she coaxed out my tale of hypochondria and patiently explained the phenomenon of growing pains, my mother rocked me in her arms.
- I think it's just paranoid hypochondria: now that I've bought the car I'm scared I won't be able to drive it without crippling myself.
- Among his many contributions to pathology was his observation of cholelithiasis as a disease distinct from mere hypochondria or epigastic pain.
- However, my mum's therapist simply told me I had a case of hypochondria.
- The result for her is misery, a permanent state of irritation, dissatisfaction, and hypochondria.
- Vata personalities tend toward hypochondria, and Kaphas are known as masters of the art of avoidance.
- At first glance, it might be tempting to dismiss this fear of blindness as hypochondria and leave it at that.
- This week's feature is one from myself, all about hypochondria and health anxiety.
- The biggest damage to health has instead come from hypochondria and well-meaning but misguided attempts to help people.
- I've mostly cracked the neurotic hypochondria I suffered from as a teenager, but once in a while it creeps back into my life.
- I suspected, though, that Donald had more than a touch of hypochondria, a malady from which a number of our relatives suffered.
- My annual bout of dental hypochondria came late this year.
- In fact, depression, paranoid reactions and hypochondria are quite common among the aged and should be properly addressed.
- I have found that it helps slow the spread of hypochondria.
- My dad, despite his rampant hypochondria, had always been healthy.
- Many natives of this sign lean toward hypochondria.
Synonyms imagined ill health, valetudinarianism, anxiety about one's health, preoccupation with one's health, health obsession neurosis rare hypochondriasis, hypochondriacism
OriginLate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek hupokhondria, denoting the soft body area below the ribs, from hupo 'under' + khondros 'sternal cartilage'. Melancholy was originally thought to arise from the liver, gall bladder, spleen, etc.. Definition of hypochondria in US English: hypochondrianounˌhaɪpəˈkɑndriəˌhīpəˈkändrēə Abnormal anxiety about one's health, especially with an unwarranted fear that one has a serious disease. 疑病 (症),健康疑虑症 Example sentencesExamples - Many natives of this sign lean toward hypochondria.
- The biggest damage to health has instead come from hypochondria and well-meaning but misguided attempts to help people.
- Vata personalities tend toward hypochondria, and Kaphas are known as masters of the art of avoidance.
- Among his many contributions to pathology was his observation of cholelithiasis as a disease distinct from mere hypochondria or epigastic pain.
- My annual bout of dental hypochondria came late this year.
- I suspected, though, that Donald had more than a touch of hypochondria, a malady from which a number of our relatives suffered.
- However, my mum's therapist simply told me I had a case of hypochondria.
- At first glance, it might be tempting to dismiss this fear of blindness as hypochondria and leave it at that.
- As she coaxed out my tale of hypochondria and patiently explained the phenomenon of growing pains, my mother rocked me in her arms.
- My hypochondria has eased a bit over the past 35 years - now I worry more about my kids' health, freaking out over every sniffle and scrape.
- This week's feature is one from myself, all about hypochondria and health anxiety.
- People with hypochondria really believe they're sick.
- I've mostly cracked the neurotic hypochondria I suffered from as a teenager, but once in a while it creeps back into my life.
- Experts say that an abnormal fixation on STDs can be a sign of obsessive-compulsive disorder or hypochondria.
- Grandma's elephantine ankles, mother's hypochondria, Grandpa's grubbiness, are all experienced as her own.
- I think it's just paranoid hypochondria: now that I've bought the car I'm scared I won't be able to drive it without crippling myself.
- My dad, despite his rampant hypochondria, had always been healthy.
- I have found that it helps slow the spread of hypochondria.
- In fact, depression, paranoid reactions and hypochondria are quite common among the aged and should be properly addressed.
- The result for her is misery, a permanent state of irritation, dissatisfaction, and hypochondria.
Synonyms imagined ill health, valetudinarianism, anxiety about one's health, preoccupation with one's health, health obsession
OriginLate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek hupokhondria, denoting the soft body area below the ribs, from hupo ‘under’ + khondros ‘sternal cartilage’. Melancholy was originally thought to arise from the liver, gall bladder, spleen, etc.. |