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hy⋅po⋅chon⋅dri⋅a

  [hahy-puh-kon-dree-uh]
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–noun
1. Also, hy⋅po⋅chon⋅dri⋅a⋅sis  [hahy-poh-kuhn-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
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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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Medical Dictionary

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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