Poll: hypochondriac?

[miri]

I know that door handles never get cleaned. This is scary at college with thousands of people touching them. Toilets get cleaned, floors get cleaned, but door handles never get cleaned. I hate opening doors because of this. Anyone else a hypochondriac?

 

[Tipe2]

Here's the solution to your phobia

 

[thirtythree]

I'm not sure that fits the definition of hypochodriac...

 

[GLudlow]

This isn't being a hypocondriac.. it's just being a bit stuck up and/or anal. You are right.. they aren't washed very often. That's why you're supposed to wash your hands before you eat with them!

Seriously... we come in contact with millions of germs every day. Your best bet is just to wash your hands with soap (not antibacterial, it actually doesn't do anything special) before you put your hands in your mouth. The water washes away most bad things, and the soap washes away dead skin.

 

[Saulbadguy]

You have a mild case of OCD, it seems.

 

[Tipe2]

hypochondriac

a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: Tipe2
hypochondriac

a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments

hy·po·chon·dri·a ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hp-kndr-)
n.
The persistent conviction that one is or is likely to become ill, often involving symptoms when illness is neither present nor likely, and persisting despite reassurance and medical evidence to the contrary.

 

[miri]

Ok mistake, should be obsessive compulsive disorder.

 

[Tipe2]

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7 entries found for hypochondriac.
hy·po·chon·dri·ac ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hp-kndr-k)
n.
A person affected with hypochondria.

adj.
Relating to or affected with hypochondria.
Anatomy. Relating to or located in the hypochondrium.

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hypo·chon·dria·cal (-kn-dr-kl) adj.
hypo·chon·dria·cal·ly adv.

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hypochondriac

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hypochondriac

\Hy`po*chon"dri*ac\, n. A person affected with hypochondriasis.

He had become an incurable hypochondriac. --Macaulay.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


hypochondriac

\Hy`po*chon"dri*ac\, a. [Gr. ? affocated in the hypochondrium: cf. F. hypocondriaque, formerly spelt hypochondriaque.] 1. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.

2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis.

Hypochondriac region (Anat.), a region on either side of the abdomen beneath the cartilages of the false ribs, beside the epigastric, and above the lumbar, region.


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hypochondriac

adj : suffering from hypochondria [syn: hypochondriacal] n : a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments

 

[Sid59]

i love definitions taht use the root word in it's definition.

that's OCD more than being a hypochondriac

 

[PowerMacG5]

I take sh|t's in public restroom's. I think I am the complete opposite of what you are trying to describe. Unrelated, but what's the big deal with taking a dump in a public restroom?