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hypochondriasm

hypochondriasm is the archaic form of hypochondriasis.

Meaning of hypochondriasis

Noun

hypochondriasis (countable and uncountable, plural hypochondriases)

  1. A mental disorder (in some classifications of such disorders, including ICD-11) characterized by a persistent preoccupation with having or developing a serious illness, despite the absence of significant physical symptoms or evidence of disease.
    • Near-synonym: hypochondria

Questions about hypochondriasm

What is hypochondriasm the archaic form of?
Hypochondriasm is the archaic form of hypochondriasis.

Words near hypochondriasm in the dictionary

  1. hypochondriacs
  2. hypochondrial
  3. hypochondrias
  4. hypochondriases
  5. hypochondriasis
  6. hypochondriasm
  7. hypochondriast
  8. hypochondriasts
  9. hypochondriatic
  10. hypochondric
  11. hypochondries

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