Hypochondriasis is a mental disorder characterized by excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness, despite medical testing and reassurance to the contrary. It was formerly called hypochondriacal neurosis. Although hypochondriasis is often...

Or hypochondriasis, a chronic medical condition in which the sufferer exhibits a heightened and abnormal anxiety about their health, especially in the absence of any clinical...

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Essay provides a description of the disorder hypochondrium.