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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.
- The Internet is a hypochondriac's best friend.
- He's an absolute hypochondriac!Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- 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
- 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
hypochondria = excessive worry about imaginary illnesses
hypochondriac = someone who worries excessively about imaginary illnesses
hypochondriac = someone who always worries about imaginary illnesses
hypochondriac = someone who always worries about imaginary illness