Medical term:
hypochondria
hypochondria
[hi″po-kon´dre-ah]1. plural of hypochondrium.
2. hypochondriasis.
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hy·po·chon·dri·a·sis
(hī'pō-kon-drī'ă-sis),A morbid concern about one's own health and exaggerated attention to any unusual bodily or mental sensations; a delusion that one is suffering from some disease for which no physical basis is evident.
Synonym(s): hypochondria, hypochondriacal neurosis
[fr. hypochondrium, regarded as the site of hypochondria, + G. -iasis, condition]
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hypochondria
(hī′pə-kŏn′drē-ə)n.
1. The conviction that one is or is likely to become ill even though there is no medical evidence of illness.
2. A psychiatric disorder characterized by excessive concern about having a serious illness. Patients formerly diagnosed with this disorder are now often diagnosed with either somatic symptom disorder (if physical symptoms are present) or illness anxiety disorder (if physical symptoms are not present). Also called hypochondriasis.
3. Plural of hypochondrium.
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hy·po·chon·dri·a·sis
(hī'pō-kŏn-drī'ă-sis)A morbid concern about one's own health and exaggerated attention to any unusual bodily or mental sensations; a delusion that one is suffering from some disease for which no physical basis is evident.
Synonym(s): hypochondria.
Synonym(s): hypochondria.
[fr. hypochondrium, regarded as the site of hypochondria, + G. -iasis, condition]
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hy·po·chon·dri·a·sis
(hī'pō-kŏn-drī'ă-sis)A morbid concern about one's own health and exaggerated attention to any unusual bodily or mental sensations; delusion one is suffering from some disease for which no physical basis is evident.
Synonym(s): hypochondria.
Synonym(s): hypochondria.
[fr. hypochondrium, regarded as the site of hypochondria, + G. -iasis, condition]
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