hypochondriac
Posted By: el on 2006-11-28
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Subject: hypochondriac
Does any one know why a person with exaggerated symptoms would be called a hypochondriac? I know it also refers to the hypochondriac region, under the ribs, which makes sense when you break down the word, but how does it relate to a person with exaggerated symptoms????
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Subject: hypochondriac
Ok, but the word makes no sense when broken down in the medical language???
a person may be called a hypochondriac--sm
Subject: a person may be called a hypochondriac--sm
by that person *thinking* he has a certain symptom, *feeling* he has a certain symptom or disease, and he may not always have that. Some people are called hypochondriacs when they *seem* to have every diagnosis they hear about or read about, i.e. symptom exaggeration.
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