hypochondria

n. [ NL. ] (Med.) An excessive concern about one's own health, particularly a morbid worry about illnesses which a person imagines are affecting him, often focusing on specific symptoms; also called hypochondriasis. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; affocated in the hypochondrium: cf. F. hypocondriaque, formerly spelt hypochondriaque. ] 1. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hypochondriac region (Anat.), a region on either side of the abdomen beneath the cartilages of the false ribs, beside the epigastric, and above the lumbar, region. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person affected with hypochondria. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Hypochondriac, 2. -- Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. (Med.) Hypochondriasis. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. So named because supposed to have its seat in the hypochondriac regions. See Hypochondriac, Hypochondrium, and cf. Hyp, 1st Hypo. ] (Med.) A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own health; a morbid and deluded belief that one is afflicted with disease.
Syn. -- hypochondria. [ 1913 Webster ]