hypochondria

noun

hy·po·chon·dria ˌhī-pə-ˈkän-drē-ə How to pronounce hypochondria (audio)

: excessive concern about one's health especially when accompanied by imagined physical ailments

But we all have just a touch of hypochondria. Who can read the symptoms of bubonic plague and not cry, "Hey, that sounds like what I've got."

Bob Swift

specifically : illness anxiety disorder

Hypochondria involves persistent, unfounded fears about having a serious disease. It affects about 5 percent of patients who seek help from primary-care doctors.

The Associated Press

Example Sentences

She fueled her hypochondria by reading articles about rare diseases.

Recent Examples on the Web And Dostoyevsky, with the infernal reveler ejected, is relieved that second of his hemorrhoids, his gambling habit, his seizures, his fevers, his depression, his hypochondria, his appalling futuristic intuitions and obsessions.

James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2021 To suggest otherwise is nothing short of political hypochondria.

Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 12 Aug. 2021 These Sutter pop-up clinics are for urgent care, meaning an ailment that lies somewhere between hypochondria and the emergency room.

Sam Whiting, SFChronicle.com, 18 Apr. 2020 Refinery29 spoke to a young woman whose hypochondria has spiralled since the news broke that coronavirus had hit the UK.

Jessica Morgan, refinery29.com, 10 Mar. 2020 In Hippocrates’ Aphorisms, hypochondria referred to the soft part of the body below the ribs.

Alyson Pomerantz, Longreads, 3 Sep. 2019 Affected children may have sleep disorders, school problems ranging from avoidance and absence to underachievement, discipline problems, and hypochondria.

Rachel Pearson, The New Yorker, 10 June 2019 In 2001 Ellroy suffered episodes of sleeplessness and hypochondria and, eventually, a nervous breakdown.

The Economist, 8 June 2019 This was certainly the case with my battle against hypochondria.

Liv Boeree, Vox, 30 Nov. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

earlier, "organs of the upper abdomen behind the ribs (including the liver and gallbladder, thought to be the seat of melancholy)," borrowed from Late Latin, borrowed from Greek hypochóndria, plural of hypochóndrion (referring to either the left or right side of these organs), noun derivative from neuter of hypochóndrios "located beneath the cartilage (connecting the ribs and sternum)," from hypo- hypo- + -chondrios, adjective derivative of chóndros "gristle, cartilage" — more at chondro-

Note: Earlier also in the Anglicized form hypochondry, hypocondry, usually in the plural hypocondries, as in the following passage from Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy (Oxford, 1621), p. 25: "The third Region is the lower Belly in which the liuer resides … with the rest of those naturall Organes, seruing for concoction, nourishment, expelling of excrements. This lower Region is distinguished from the vpper by the Midriffe, or Diaphragma, and is subdiuided againe by some into three concauities, or regions, vpper, middle, and lower. The upper of the Hypocondries, in whose right side is the Liuer, the left the Spleene. From which is denominated Hypocondriacall Melancholy."

First Known Use

1700, in the meaning defined above

单词	hypochondria
释义	hypochondria noun hy·po·chon·dria ˌhī-pə-ˈkän-drē-ə : excessive concern about one's health especially when accompanied by imagined physical ailments But we all have just a touch of hypochondria. Who can read the symptoms of bubonic plague and not cry, "Hey, that sounds like what I've got." Bob Swift specifically : illness anxiety disorder Hypochondria involves persistent, unfounded fears about having a serious disease. It affects about 5 percent of patients who seek help from primary-care doctors. The Associated Press Example Sentences She fueled her hypochondria by reading articles about rare diseases. Recent Examples on the Web And Dostoyevsky, with the infernal reveler ejected, is relieved that second of his hemorrhoids, his gambling habit, his seizures, his fevers, his depression, his hypochondria, his appalling futuristic intuitions and obsessions. James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2021 To suggest otherwise is nothing short of political hypochondria. Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 12 Aug. 2021 These Sutter pop-up clinics are for urgent care, meaning an ailment that lies somewhere between hypochondria and the emergency room. Sam Whiting, SFChronicle.com, 18 Apr. 2020 Refinery29 spoke to a young woman whose hypochondria has spiralled since the news broke that coronavirus had hit the UK. Jessica Morgan, refinery29.com, 10 Mar. 2020 In Hippocrates’ Aphorisms, hypochondria referred to the soft part of the body below the ribs. Alyson Pomerantz, Longreads, 3 Sep. 2019 Affected children may have sleep disorders, school problems ranging from avoidance and absence to underachievement, discipline problems, and hypochondria. Rachel Pearson, The New Yorker, 10 June 2019 In 2001 Ellroy suffered episodes of sleeplessness and hypochondria and, eventually, a nervous breakdown. The Economist, 8 June 2019 This was certainly the case with my battle against hypochondria. Liv Boeree, Vox, 30 Nov. 2018 See More Word History Etymology earlier, "organs of the upper abdomen behind the ribs (including the liver and gallbladder, thought to be the seat of melancholy)," borrowed from Late Latin, borrowed from Greek hypochóndria, plural of hypochóndrion (referring to either the left or right side of these organs), noun derivative from neuter of hypochóndrios "located beneath the cartilage (connecting the ribs and sternum)," from hypo- hypo- + -chondrios, adjective derivative of chóndros "gristle, cartilage" — more at chondro- Note: Earlier also in the Anglicized form hypochondry, hypocondry, usually in the plural hypocondries, as in the following passage from Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy (Oxford, 1621), p. 25: "The third Region is the lower Belly in which the liuer resides … with the rest of those naturall Organes, seruing for concoction, nourishment, expelling of excrements. This lower Region is distinguished from the vpper by the Midriffe, or Diaphragma, and is subdiuided againe by some into three concauities, or regions, vpper, middle, and lower. The upper of the Hypocondries, in whose right side is the Liuer, the left the Spleene. From which is denominated Hypocondriacall Melancholy." First Known Use 1700, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition hypochondria noun hy·po·chon·dria ˌhī-pə-ˈkän-drē-ə : excessive concern about one's health especially when accompanied by imagined physical ailments specifically : illness anxiety disorder Hypochondria involves persistent, unfounded fears about having a serious disease. It affects about 5 percent of patients who seek help from primary-care doctors. The Associated Press hypochondria noun as in illness unusual or excessive concern about your health; a tendency to fear or imagine that you have illnesses that you do not actually have She fueled her hypochondria by reading articles about rare diseases. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance illness anxiety disease sickness malaise malady ailment trouble indisposition disorder unhealthiness unsoundness sickliness sickishness dysfunction invalidism debility weakness affliction disfunction lameness upset infirmity feebleness decrepitude condition invalidity frailness weakliness Antonyms & Near Antonyms convalescence recovery rehabilitation healing recuperation rehab mending fitness strength lustiness hardiness comeback vigor vitality stamina fettle toughness shape heartiness snapback robustness ruggedness health welfare rally weal wellness vigorousness bloom flush healthiness soundness wholesomeness flushness wholeness well-being See More
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hypochondria

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