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Hypochondria - English meaning

Hypochondria – definitions in English dictionary

noun

Abnormal chronic anxiety about one's health.

Usage examples:

This week's feature is one from myself, all about hypochondria and health anxiety.

Synonims:

Imagined ill healthValetudinarianismAnxiety about one's healthHealth obsessionNeurosisHypochondriasisHypochondriacism
noun

Unnecessary anxiety about and attention to your health

Usage examples:

Elderly hypochondriacs were generally complainers in their youth.

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疑病症

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Hypochondrie, Zwartgalligheid

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Hypocondrie

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Hypochondrie, Schwermut

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रोगभ्रम, विषाद रोग, अतिचिंता, चिंतोन्माद

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Ipocondria

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Hypochondria

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Ипохондрия

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Hipocondría

Word origin

mid 17th century: via late Latin from Greek hupokhondria, denoting the soft body area below the ribs, from hupo ‘under’ + khondros ‘sternal cartilage’. The term was first used to denote a for

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Hypochondria synonims

hypochondriasis

noun

Technical term for hypochondria.

noun

A condition in which a person worries a lot about their health without having a good reason to do so

Usage examples:

I know you don't agree, but i think you are suffering from hypochondriasis.
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neurosis

noun

A relatively mild mental illness that is not caused by organic disease, involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviour, hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reality.

Usage examples:

Freud's two-stage account of neurosis
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