An imaginary illness allegedly passed on by touch-used as an excuse to avoid someone.

Despite their intentions to do the opposite, parents can unwittingly reinforce their children's imaginary illnesses when they get angry.

Even a small amount of individual attention, if it's consistent and predictable, can often remove the child's need to develop imaginary illnesses.

Rubens confessed she was taking them for every real or imaginary illness.

No more chance for patients to hide behind imaginary illnesses.

They sulked or complained of imaginary illnesses.

There were real and imaginary illnesses to be investigated, injuries to be treated.

This quotation refers to players who blame an illness, sometimes imaginary, for their loss.

Probably some damned fool with an imaginary mental illness.

There was more imaginary illness in the 50's than now.