HYPOCHONDRIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypochondria mean? 

• HYPOCHONDRIA (noun)
  The noun HYPOCHONDRIA has 1 sense:

1. chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments

  Familiarity information: HYPOCHONDRIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOCHONDRIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hypochondria; hypochondriasis

Hypernyms ("hypochondria" 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)

Derivation:

hypochondriacal (suffering from hypochondria)

 Context examples 

This is hypochondria, Jane.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)