Definition of "hypochondria" []

• The persistent conviction that one is or is likely to become ill, often involving symptoms when illness is neither present nor likely, and persisting despite reassurance and medical evidence to the contrary. Also called hypochondriasis. (noun)
• Plural of hypochondrium. (noun)

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• "I’m lucky in that hypochondria is the one thing I don’t suffer from."
• "In fact, hypochondria is the one thing I don’t suffer from. trigger points legs and hips; slouching hip pain; copper for hip joint pain; right hip aches in bed; something wrong with my hip down to my knee; I have two extra bones in my hip; pain down right leg also hip;"
• "Another problem, O'Neill says, is that health anxiety – which used to be called hypochondria – is not taken seriously."