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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

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

American business leaders sometimes talk about workforce productivity trends the same strained way you might expect a perfectly healthy hypochondriac to check his body temperature three times a day.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2022

As a child, he was a hypochondriac, "a sickly little bookworm."

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2022

He was also—perhaps as a result—something of a hypochondriac.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien