hypochondriacism
(hɪpəʊkənˈdraɪəsɪz(ə)m, haɪpəʊ-)
[f. hypochondriac + -ism.]
The condition of a hypochondriac; = hypochondria 2.
| 1697 Floyer Cold Baths i. iii. (1700) 75 Melancholies, Hypochondriacism. 1786 R. W. Darwin in Phil. Trans. LXXVI. 320 The immediate consequence is indigestion and hypochondriacism. 1879 Beerbohm Patagonia xviii. 291 Those who are inclined to hypochondriacism or obesity. |