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hypochondriac

[hahy-puh-kon-dree-ak] / ˌhaɪ pəˈkɒn driˌæk /
NOUN
neurotic
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Doctors “called me a hypochondriac and said it was just anxiety and depression,” said Hannah Powell, a 26-year-old Utah woman who went undiagnosed for five years.

From Seattle Times Dec. 7, 2023

Danny is agoraphobic, socially anxious, obsessive, something of a hypochondriac and nominally a journalist, that most nominal of television professions.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2023

It was a diagnosis that made "complete sense" to the singer and reassured the self-confessed hypochondriac that he was not dying.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2023

A young woman with a generally healthy lifestyle, “I totally get why a GP would dismiss my self-diagnosis of bowel cancer especially in a neurotic hypochondriac such as myself,” she wrote on her blog.

From New York Times Jun. 28, 2022

I was feeling pretty lucky right then that JonPaul is a total hypochondriac who’s always worried that he’s coming down with something rare and dangerous.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

Ms. Shiota’s work is not for the faint of heart, and hypochondriacs should steel themselves before seeing the show.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

No. I have a couple hypochondriacs in my house, so I let them deal with that.

From Salon Dec. 14, 2022

The condition is so unusual, patients are often misdiagnosed or dismissed as hypochondriacs.

From Washington Post Dec. 27, 2021

There’s the thief and his dolt of a sidekick, ironically nicknamed “the Brain”; a newly arrived doctor faced with a daily parade of petty hypochondriacs; and a barber who doubles as a D.I.Y. dentist.

From New York Times Jul. 30, 2021

Maybe I was one of those hypochondriacs, obsessing over Fig’s health.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas



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