hypochondria Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
    hypochondriasis.
  2. noun the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium
    hypochondrium.

WordNet

Hy`po*chon"dri*a noun
Etymology
NL.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues. as of 1990, the preferred name for the condition in which a person has a morbid concern about illnesses which he imagines are affecting him

Webster 1913