hypochondria

  • 81hypochondriac — 1. adjective /ˌhaɪpəʊˈkɒndriæk,ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndriæk,ˌhaɪpoʊˈkɑːndriæk,ˌhaɪpəˈkɑːndriæk/ a) Related to, or affected by hypochondria b) Related to, or located in the hypochondrium. 2. noun /ˌhaɪpəʊˈkɒndriæk,ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndriæk,ˌhaɪpoʊˈkɑːndriæk,ˌhaɪpəˈkɑːndr… …

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  • 82Hypochondriasis — A disorder characterized by a preoccupation with body functions and the interpretation of normal body sensations (such as sweating) or minor abnormalities (such as minor aches and pains) as portending problems of major medical moment. Reassurance …

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  • 83хандра — Искон. Сокращение ипохондрия, заимств. из лат. яз., где hypochondria < греч. hypochondria «живот» (буквально «то, что под грудинным хрящем»), производного от chondros «хрящ», ср. медиц. хондрит «воспаление хряща». Ср. аналогичные обозначения… …

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  • 84хандра — Является переоформлением латинского hypochondria ( тоска, хандра ) от греческого hypochondria ( живот ), заимствованного русским языком непосредственно в виде слова ипохондрия …

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  • 85neurosis — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nervous or mental disorder, illness, sickness, or disease; psychoneurosis, melancholia, nervous breakdown; phobia, mania, obsession, compulsion, hypochondria; psychosis, insanity.See fear. II (Roget s …

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  • 86hippish — somewhat depressed, 1706, from hip (n.) melancholy, variant of hyp, short for HYPOCHONDRIA (Cf. hypochondria) …

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  • 87hypo — 1711, “depression,” short for HYPOCHONDRIA (Cf. hypochondria); 1904 as short for HYPODERMIC (Cf. hypodermic) needle …

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  • 88hypochondriasis — 1766, from HYPOCHONDRIA (Cf. hypochondria) + an unusual use of OSIS (Cf. osis) …

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  • 89Hysteria —    In 1802, Paris psychiatrist Jean Baptiste Louyer Villermay (1775–1837), in an essay differentiating hypochondria from hysteria, described a young female patient, uncertain about romance, who, at the sight of her loved one fainted, uttering… …

    Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

  • 90Hysteria-Psychosomatic-Somatization —    In 1802, Paris psychiatrist Jean Baptiste Louyer Villermay (1775–1837), in an essay differentiating hypochondria from hysteria, described a young female patient, uncertain about romance, who, at the sight of her loved one fainted, uttering… …

    Historical dictionary of Psychiatry