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Pronunciation: hī′pō-kon-drī′ă-sis
Definition: A morbid concern about one's own health and exaggerated attention to any unusual bodily or mental sensations; a delusion that one is suffering from some disease for which no physical basis is evident.
Synonym(s): hypochondria, hypochondriacal neurosis
[fr. hypochondrium, regarded as the site of hypochondria, + G. -iasis, condition]
Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
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