hypochondria

1. (medicine) A formerly defined psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness. No longer a current medical diagnosis; see hypochondriasis for more.Examples: "Near-synonym: hypochondriasis"uncountable

2. (obsolete, medicine) Melancholy; depression.Examples: "Such labours as these, if they do not shorten life, are calculated to make it wretched, for hypochondria invariably follows close upon them."; "His own temperament appears to have been neither purely sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, nor melancholic [...] not melancholy, since he is entirely free from hypochondria, thinks rapidly, and has an active will."; "Nux likewise corresponds to hypochondria caused by rich and excessive living. In general, Nux is the best remedy for hypochondria arising from a morbid condition of the abdominal nerves ; after dinner, the patients generally experience a feeling of malaise and langour."obsoleteuncountable