hypochondriac
noun/ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndriæk/
/ˌhaɪpəˈkɑːndriæk/
- a person who worries so much that they may be or become ill that it badly affects their life; a person who has hypochondriaTopics Mental healthc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: coined in French from Greek hupokhondriakos, from hupokhondria, denoting the soft body area below the ribs, from hupo ‘under’ + khondros ‘sternal cartilage’. Melancholy was originally thought to arise from the liver, gall bladder, spleen, etc.
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