单词 | hypochondria |
释义 | hypochondria /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 about one's health. [1555-65; < LL < Gk, neut. pl. of HYPOCHÓNDRIOS pertaining to the upper abdomen (supposed seat of melancholy), equiv. to hypo- HYPO- + chóndr(os) ensiform cartilage + -ios adj. suffix] |
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