Advertisement

Advertisement

hypochondria

[ hahy-puh-kon-dree-uh ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. excessive worry or talk about one's health.


hypochondria

/ ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndrɪə /

noun

  1. chronic abnormal anxiety concerning the state of one's health, even in the absence of any evidence of disease on medical examination Also calledhypochondriasisˌhaɪpəʊkɒnˈdraɪəsɪs


hypochondria

/ hī′pə-kŏndrē-ə /

  1. 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.
  2. ◆ A person with hypochondria is called a hypochondriac.


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypochondria1

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

Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypochondria1

C18: from Late Latin: the abdomen, supposedly the seat of melancholy, from Greek hupokhondria, from hupokhondrios of the upper abdomen, from hypo- + khondros cartilage

Discover More

Example Sentences

And oftentimes, we can project hypochondria onto others, Akerman said.

Is it the solution to online hypochondria, or part of the problem?

We know the only thing more hopeless than his hypochondria is his romanticism.

And then when you have kids, you find that your hypochondria can can extend not just to the limits of your own body but to them.

It was fear of cancer and a douse of hypochondria that brought me to 23andMe in the first place.

However this may be, I suffer much for lack of someone I care for during these periods of hypochondria.

One little case of hypochondria alone ought to be a sufficient guarantee of a steady income for years, properly managed.

Hypochondria has no more originary connection with the cartilage of the breastbone than with the cartilage of the ear.

Here he nursed his hypochondria—the nightmare of his life—and sought the only true relief in hard work.

The malarial poison had entered his blood, causing low fever, dull headache and general hypochondria.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


hypocholesteremiahypochondriac