Associations to the word «Hypochondriasis»

Wiktionary

HYPOCHONDRIASIS, noun. (medicine) A mental disorder characterized by excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness, despite medical testing and reassurance to the contrary.

Dictionary definition

HYPOCHONDRIASIS, noun. Chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca