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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hy•po•chon•dri•ac (hī′pə kon′drē ak′),USA pronunciation adj. Also, hy•po•chon•dri•a•cal (hī′pō kən drī′ə kəl).USA pronunciation [Psychiatry.]pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria.produced by hypochondria.- Anatomy, Zoologyof or pertaining to the hypochondrium.
n. - Psychiatrya person suffering from or subject to hypochondria.
- a person who worries or talks excessively about his or her health.
- Greek hypochondriakós affected in the upper abdomen. See hypochondria, -ac
- Neo-Latin hypochondriacus
- 1605–15
hy′po•chon•dri′a•cal•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hypochondriac /ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndrɪˌæk/ n - a person suffering from hypochondria
adj Also: hypochondriacal /ˌhaɪpəkɒnˈdraɪəkəl/ - relating to or suffering from hypochondria
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
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