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hypochondria

/hahy-puh-kon-dree-uh/US // ˌhaɪ pəˈkɒn dri ə //UK // (ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndrɪə) //

疑病症,疑难杂症,疑心病,疑难病症

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also hy·po·chon·dri·a·sis [hahy-poh-kuhn-drahy-uh-sis]. /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/. Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
    • : excessive worry or talk about one's health.

Examples

  • I am not sure if this person is genuinely experiencing chronic pain, suffering from hypochondria or suffering from Munchausen syndrome.

  • And oftentimes, we can project hypochondria onto others, Akerman said.

  • Is it the solution to online hypochondria, or part of the problem?

  • We know the only thing more hopeless than his hypochondria is his romanticism.

  • And then when you have kids, you find that your hypochondria can can extend not just to the limits of your own body but to them.

  • It was fear of cancer and a douse of hypochondria that brought me to 23andMe in the first place.

  • However this may be, I suffer much for lack of someone I care for during these periods of hypochondria.

  • One little case of hypochondria alone ought to be a sufficient guarantee of a steady income for years, properly managed.

  • Hypochondria has no more originary connection with the cartilage of the breastbone than with the cartilage of the ear.

  • Here he nursed his hypochondria—the nightmare of his life—and sought the only true relief in hard work.

  • The malarial poison had entered his blood, causing low fever, dull headache and general hypochondria.