hypochondria (redirected from Health anxiety)

hy·po·chon·dri·a  (hp-kndr-)

n.

1. 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. Also called hypochondriasis.

2. Plural of hypochondrium.

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[Late Latin, abdomen, from Greek hupokhondria, pl. of hupokhondrion, abdomen (held to be the seat of melancholy), from neuter of hupokhondrios, under the cartilage of the breastbone : hupo-, hypo- + khondros, cartilage; see ghrendh- in Indo-European roots.]

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hypochondria [ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndrɪə]

n

(Psychiatry) chronic abnormal anxiety concerning the state of one's health, even in the absence of any evidence of disease on medicalexamination Also called hypochondriasis [ˌhaɪpəʊkɒnˈdraɪəsɪs]

[from Late Latin: the abdomen, supposedly the seat of melancholy, from Greek hupokhondria, from hupokhondrios of the upper abdomen, from hypo- + khondros cartilage]

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hypochondria  (hp-kndr-)

A psychiatric disorder characterized by the conviction that one is ill or soon to become ill, often accompanied by physical symptoms, when illness is neither present nor likely. A person with hypochondria is called a hypochondriac.

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hypochondria - First referred to the upper abdomen and the organs under the ribs (liver, gall bladder, spleen)—thought to be the source of melancholy.

See also related terms for melancholy.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hypochondria - chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments hypochondriasis anxiety, anxiousness - (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

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hypochondria

noun hypochondriasis, valetudinarianism People with such ruminations often have a tendency towards hypochondria.

Translations

hypochondria [ˌhaɪpəʊˈkɒndrɪə] N → hipocondría f

hypochondria [ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndriə] n → hypocondrie f

hypochondria

n → Hypochondrie f

hypochondria [ˌhaɪpəʊˈkɒndrɪə] n → ipocondria