hypochondriasis

Examples

• All

• The more deviant a subject was on four MMPI scales (psychasthenia, depression, hypochondriasis, and hysteria), the greater the effect of the drugs.

  Blog text (32)

• You all took the Whiteley test, which is a test for hypochondriasis, to test whether or not you are hypochondriacs.

  Falling Overnight (2011)

• They therefore have no need for a placebo to relieve them of their hypochondriasis.

  Academic text (1997)

• Remember, hypochondriasis is a focus on symptoms that don't exist or are so mild that they don't even garner medical attention.

  DoctorRamani

• What could I offer you, but a bad temper, hypochondriasis, morbid fixations, reclusive rages and misanthropy?

  Whatever Works (2009)

• The name of the third component, Somatization, emerged from its high loadings on 1-Hs (Hypochondriasis), HEA (Health Concerns), and 3-Hy (Hysteria).

  Academic text (2003)

• She constantly worries that she has a serious illness, demonstrating clear signs of hypochondriasis.

• Despite many doctors telling her she is healthy, her hypochondriasis leads her to believe otherwise.

Synonyms

H

hypochondria

vshypochondriasis

5 8.8

Worry that you have a serious illness even when doctors say you are healthy

focuses on worry driven by imagined or exaggerated symptoms

V

valetudinarianism

vshypochondriasis

• Formal

9.9

Being very worried about your health and often thinking you are sick

is narrower, centering on worry from imagined or exaggerated symptoms

How Worried

hypochondriasis

• Specialized

9.9

anxiety

423 3.5

worry

290 1.0

concern

∞ 1.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology