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hypochondriac adjective /ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndriæk/ /ˌhaɪpəˈkɑːndriæk/ (also hypochondriacal /ˌhaɪpəˌkɒnˈdraɪəkl/ /ˌhaɪpəˌkɑːnˈdraɪəkl/ ) jump to other results - worried all the time about your health and believing that you are ill when there is nothing wrong with you; suffering from hypochondria
hypochondriac noun /ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndriæk/ /ˌhaɪpəˈkɑːndriæk/ jump to other results - a person who worries all the time about their health and believes that they are ill when there is nothing wrong with them; a person who suffers from hypochondria
- Don't be such a hypochondriac!—there's nothing wrong with you.
Topics Illnessc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: coined in French from Greek hupokhondriakos, from hupokhondria, denoting the soft body area below the ribs, from hupo ‘under’ + khondros ‘sternal cartilage’. Melancholy was originally thought to arise from the liver, gall bladder, spleen, etc.
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