The word for today is…
hypochondria (noun) -
: excessive concern about one's health especially when accompanied by imagined physical ailments ,specifically : illness anxiety disorder
Source : Merriam-Webster
Etymology : In earlier times: "organs of the upper abdomen behind the ribs, including the liver and gallbladder, are thought to be the seat of melancholy". The word is borrowed from Late Latin, borrowed from Greek hypochóndria, plural of hypochóndrion (referring to either the left or right side of these organs), noun derivative from neuter of hypochóndrios "located beneath the cartilage (connecting the ribs and sternum)," from hypo- hypo- + -chondrios, adjective derivative of chóndros "gristle, cartilage"
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