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HYPOCHONDRIASIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypochondriasis mean?
• HYPOCHONDRIASIS (noun)
The noun HYPOCHONDRIASIS has 1 sense:
1. chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
Familiarity information: HYPOCHONDRIASIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
hypochondria; hypochondriasis
Hypernyms ("hypochondriasis" is a kind of...):
anxiety; anxiousness ((psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic)
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