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  1. Illness anxiety disorder - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Apr 19, 2021 · Overview Somatic symptom disorder Illness anxiety disorder, sometimes called hypochondriasis or health anxiety, is worrying excessively that you are or may become …

  2. Illness anxiety disorder - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Apr 19, 2021 · Treatment The goal of treatment is to help you manage anxiety about your health and improve your ability to function in daily life. Psychotherapy — also called talk therapy — …

  3. Why is it called hypochondria instead of hyperchondria?

    Aug 18, 2020 · Hypochondriac comes ultimately from the Greek word hypokhondria, which literally means “under the cartilage (of the breastbone).” In the late 16th century, when …

  4. Is there an antonym to 'hypochondria'/'hypochondriac'?

    Feb 11, 2015 · Hypochondria is defined as an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health Is there a word to describe the opposite reaction, as in a word to mean 'a …

  5. etymology - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Apr 23, 2011 · Hypochondriac complaints, being a combination of melancholia and dyspepsia, consisting in gloomy ideas of life, dejected spirits, and indisposition to activity.

  6. A word to describe a person who refuses to acknowledge illness in ...

    Hypochondriac is a person who constantly feels they themselves are ill. I am looking for a word to describe a person who refuses to acknowledge another person is ill.

  7. What do you call someone who obsessively thinks they are sick?

    Dec 24, 2014 · The word is hypochondriac and they suffer from hypochondria. noun A person who is abnormally anxious about their health. [ODO] ODO also gives the explanation of using …

  8. Antonym for Hypochondriac or another word completely?

    Feb 22, 2018 · Antonym for Hypochondriac or another word completely? Ask Question Asked 7 years, 9 months ago Modified 6 years, 8 months ago

  9. nouns - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Dec 5, 2012 · That's how I think "hypochondriac" is commonly (non-medically) used. So "hypochondriacs" are on a spectrum between excessive-preoccupation (pursuing any doubt as …

  10. terminology - Is there a term similar to "hypochondriac" except …

    Is there a term similar to "hypochondriac" except more externally based? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 10 months ago Modified 11 years, 10 months ago