hypochondria
11hypochondria — hy|po|chon|dri|a [ˌhaıpəˈkɔndriə US ˈka:n ] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: (plural), parts of the body just below the chest (which was thought to be where hypochondria came from), from Greek, parts below the central bone in the… …
12hypochondria — [[t]ha͟ɪpəkɒ̱ndriə[/t]] N UNCOUNT If someone suffers from hypochondria, they continually worry about their health and imagine that they are ill, although there is really nothing wrong with them …
13hypochondria — /haɪpəˈkɒndriə / (say huypuh kondreeuh) noun 1. Also, hypochondriasis /haɪpəkɒnˈdraɪəsəs/ (say huypuhkon druyuhsuhs). Psychology a condition characterised by depression and unfounded anxiety about one s health. 2. (originally as plural) the parts …
14hypochondria — n. morbid nervous depression; continual and causeless anxiety about one s health, especially concerning imaginary illnesses. ♦ hypochondriac, a.; n. person suffering from hypochondria. ♦ hypochondrial, a. ♦ hypochondry, n …
15hypochondria — /huy peuh kon dree euh/, n. 1. Also, hypochondriasis /huy poh keuhn druy euh 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… …
16hypochondria — noun A psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness. See Also: hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, hypochondriasis, hypochondrium …
17hypochondria — SYN: hypochondriasis. * * * hy·po·chon·dria .hī pə kän drē ə n extreme depression of mind or spirits often centered on imaginary physical ailments specif HYPOCHONDRIASIS * * * n. preoccupation with the physical functioning of the body and with… …
18hypochondria — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, abulia, accident neurosis, alienation, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxiety state, apathy, association neurosis, battle fatigue, blast neurosis, cachexia, cachexy,… …
19hypochondria — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. depression, anxiety, melancholia, imagined ill health, melancholy, despondency, doldrums, low spirits, dejection, anxiety neurosis; see also neurosis , pretense 1 …
20hypochondria — hy|po|chon|dri|a [ ,haıpou kandriə ] noun uncount a mental condition in which someone worries a lot about their health and thinks they are sick when they are not …
