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Hypochondriasis

//ˌhaɪːpɔ.kanˈdɹaɪːəsɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mental disorder (in some classifications of such disorders, including ICD-11) that is characterized by excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness, despite medical testing and reassurance to the contrary. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonym: hypochondria"

  2. 2
    chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin; by surface analysis, hypochondr(ium) + -iasis. See also hypochondria, hypochondrium, and Wikipedia at hypochondriasis § Etymology.

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