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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hy•po•chon•dri•a /ˌhaɪpəˈkɑndriə/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Psychiatryunnecessary worry or preoccupation with one's health.
hy•po•chon•dri•ac /ˌhaɪpəˈkɑndriˌæk/USA pronunciation n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hy•po•chon•dri•a (hī′pə kon′drē ə),USA pronunciation n. Also, hy•po•chon•dri•a•sis (hī′pō kən drī′ə sis).USA pronunciation [Psychiatry.]an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.- excessive worry or talk about one's health.
- Greek, neuter plural of hypochóndrios pertaining to the upper abdomen (supposed seat of melancholy), equivalent. to hypo- hypo- + chóndr(os) ensiform cartilage + -ios adjective, adjectival suffix
- Late Latin
- 1555–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hypochondria /ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndrɪə/ n - chronic abnormal anxiety concerning the state of one's health, even in the absence of any evidence of disease on medical examination
Also called: hypochondriasis /ˌhaɪpəʊkɒnˈdraɪəsɪs/
Etymology: 18th Century: from Late Latin: the abdomen, supposedly the seat of melancholy, from Greek hupokhondria, from hupokhondrios of the upper abdomen, from hypo- + khondros cartilage |