ALL meanings of hypochondria
hy·po·chon·dri·a
H h - noun hypochondria Abnormal anxiety about one’s health, especially with an unwarranted fear that one has a serious disease. 1
- noun hypochondria Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems. 1
- noun hypochondria excessive worry or talk about one's health. 1
- noun plural hypochondria either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions. 1
- noun hypochondria excessive worrying about health 1
- uncountable noun hypochondria If someone suffers from hypochondria, they continually worry about their health and falsely imagine that they are ill. 0
- noun hypochondria chronic abnormal anxiety concerning the state of one's health, even in the absence of any evidence of disease on medical examination 0
- noun hypochondria abnormal anxiety over one's health, often with imaginary illnesses and severe melancholy 0
- noun hypochondria (medicine) A psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness. 0
- noun hypochondria plural of hypochondrium. 0