hypochondria

hypochondria /hy·po·chon·dria/ (-kon´dre-ah)

1. plural of hypochondrium.

2. hypochondriasis.

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hy·po·chon·dri·a (hp-kndr-)

n.

The conviction that one is or is likely to become ill, often accompanied by physical symptoms, when illness is neither present nor likely. Also called hypochondriasis.

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hypochondria (hī´pōkon´drē),

n anxiety about disease; a type of neurosis characterized by fear of disease or by simulated disease.