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Definition of Hypochondria
1. Noun. Chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments.
Generic synonyms: Anxiety, Anxiousness
Derivative terms: Hypochondriacal
Definition of Hypochondria
1. n. Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues.
Definition of Hypochondria
1. Noun. (medicine) A psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness. ¹
2. Noun. (anatomy) (plural of hypochondrium) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypochondria
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Medical Definition of Hypochondria
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypochondria
Literary usage of Hypochondria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rest, Suggestion, and Other Therapeutic Measures in Nervous and Mental Diseases by Francis Xavier Dercum (1917)
"CHAPTER V hypochondria Differentiation of hypochondria from Other ... Character of
the Symptoms; Special Forms of hypochondria; Residual hypochondria. ..."
2. Atlas of the Nervous System: Including an Epitome of the Anatomy, Pathology by Christfried Jakob (1901)
"Do not give too much medicine—no morphin. 2. hypochondria. ... hypochondria can
be distinguished from beginning paranoia and the systemic delusions ..."
3. A Clinical Manual of Mental Diseases by Francis Xavier Dercum (1917)
"hypochondria hypochondria, though far removed from the other topica treated in
this chapter, ... Hippocrates does not use the term "hypochondria. ..."
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