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[hahy-puh-kon-dree-uh] 
–noun
| 1. | Also, hy⋅po⋅chon⋅dri⋅a⋅sis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-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. |
Origin:
1555–65; < LL < Gk, neut. pl. of hypochóndrios pertaining to the upper abdomen (supposed seat of melancholy), equiv. to hypo- hypo- + chóndr(os) ensiform cartilage + -ios adj. suffix
1555–65; < LL < Gk, neut. pl. of hypochóndrios pertaining to the upper abdomen (supposed seat of melancholy), equiv. to hypo- hypo- + chóndr(os) ensiform cartilage + -ios adj. suffix
hy⋅po⋅chon⋅dri⋅um
[hahy-puh-kon-dree-uhm] –noun, plural -dri⋅a [-dree-uh] . Anatomy.
[-dree-uh] . Anatomy. | either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions. |
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| hy·po·chon·dri·a (hī'pə-kŏn'drē-ə) n.
[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.] |
| hy·po·chon·dri·um (hī'pə-kŏn'drē-əm) n. pl. hy·po·chon·dri·a (-drē-ə) The upper lateral region of the abdomen, marked by the lower ribs. [New Latin, from Greek hupokhondrion, abdomen; see hypochondria.] |
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Hypochondria
Hy`po*chon"dri*a\, n. [NL.] (Med.) Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues.
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hypochondria
1839, "illness without a specific cause," earlier (1668) "depression or melancholy without real cause," earlier still (1373) ypocandria "upper abdomen," from L.L. hypochondria "the abdomen," from Gk. hypochondria (neut. pl.), from hypo- "under" + chondros "cartilage" (of the breastbone). Reflecting ancient belief that the viscera of the hypochondria were the seat of melancholy. Hypochondriac (n.) in modern sense first recorded 1888.
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Main Entry: hy·po·chon·dria
Pronunciation: "hI-p&-'kän-drE-&
Function: noun
: extreme depression of mind or spirits oftencentered on imaginary physical ailments; specifically : HYPOCHONDRIASIS
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hypochondria hy·po·chon·dri·a (hī'pə-kŏn'drē-ə)
n.
The neurotic conviction that one is or is likely to become ill, often involving experiences of pain when illness is neither present nor likely. Also called hypochondriasis.
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| hypochondria (hī'pə-kŏn'drē-ə) Pronunciation Key
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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