Sample sentences for HYPOCHONDRIA

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Definition

excessive worry about imaginary illnesses

Hypochondriacs don't just harm themselves; they clog the whole health-care system.

hypochondriacs = people who worry excessively about imaginary illnesses

Patients with hypochondria often are not aware that fear creates symptoms they think are caused by another disease.

hypochondria = excessive worry about imaginary illnesses

The Internet is a hypochondriac's best friend.

hypochondriac = someone who worries excessively about imaginary illnesses

He's an absolute hypochondriac!
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

hypochondriac = someone who always worries about imaginary illnesses

She seemed to have a one-track vocabulary, like Lou Ann's hypochondriac mother-in-law, though fortunately Turtle's ran to vegetables instead of diseases.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Bean Trees

hypochondriac = someone who always worries about imaginary illness

He accepted it unhesitatingly-the man was a slight hypochondriac.
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None
I replied that I was not a hypochondriac; so they called me Ignoramus and went their way.
George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman
It can't explain how it feels, though on the other hand it can't lie, build up its symptoms, or indulge in the pleasures of hypochondria.
John Steinbeck -- Travels with Charley
I exclaimed, seized with hypochondriac foreboding.
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
His grumpy silence of other days, his sardonic humour, gave place to hypochondriac complainings and outbursts of fierce temper.
Grace MacGowan Cooke -- The Power and the Glory
His way of dealing with his memories had seemed to be hypochondria.
Tracy Kidder -- Strength in What Remains
A well-versed hypochondriac could probably list every one.
John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
They tend to develop hypochondria in medical school and, once they get over it, if they do, tend to think they're invulnerable.
Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains
With tendencies toward hypochondria?
Nicholas Sparks -- The Choice
In Adam's book, a number under ten on the outpatient card identified a hypochondriac more accurately than any test Ghosh might do.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
I hesitated, remembering a car we had had that was a hypochondriac.
Robert A. Heinlein -- Glory Road
He was reputed to be a hypochondriac and a deeply paranoid, frustrated man.
Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
"Hypochondriac," she whispered to it.
Scott Westerfeld -- The Secret Hour
The woman must be a ghoul as well as a hypochondriac.
Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
Not only that: Trey was inconsiderate, and selfish, and given to hypochondria.
Anne Tayler -- A Spool of Blue Thread

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