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hy•po•chon•dri•a n. [uncountable]

Psychiatryunnecessary worry or preoccupation with one's health.

hy•po•chon•dri•ac n. [countable]

hy•po•chon•dri•a n.

Also, hy•po•chon•dri•a•sis [Psychiatry.]an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.

excessive worry or talk about one's health.

Greek, neuter plural of hypochóndrios pertaining to the upper abdomen (supposed seat of melancholy), equivalent. to hypo- hypo- + chóndr(os) ensiform cartilage + -ios adjective, adjectival suffix
Late Latin
1555–65

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hypochondria /ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndrɪə/ n

chronic abnormal anxiety concerning the state of one's health, even in the absence of any evidence of disease on medical examinationAlso called: hypochondriasis /ˌhaɪpəʊkɒnˈdraɪəsɪs/, hypochondriasm /ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndrɪˌæzəm/, illness anxiety disorder

Etymology: 18th Century: from Late Latin: the abdomen, supposedly the seat of melancholy, from Greek hupokhondria, from hupokhondrios of the upper abdomen, from hypo- + khondros cartilage

'hypochondria' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

hypochondriac - hyp - hypo - hypochondrium - vapor

Synonyms: imagined ill-health, hypochondriasis, more...

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