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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne