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Meaning of "hypochondria" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HYPOCHONDRIA

From Late Latin: the abdomen, supposedly the seat of melancholy, from Greek hupokhondria, from hupokhondrios of the upper abdomen, from hypo- + khondros cartilage.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPOCHONDRIA

hypochondria  [ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndrɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPOCHONDRIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hypochondria is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HYPOCHONDRIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hypochondriasis

Hypochondriasis or hypochondria refers to excessive preoccupancy or worry about having a serious illness. This debilitating condition is the result of an inaccurate perception of the condition of body or mind despite the absence of an actual medical condition. An individual suffering from hypochondriasis is known as a hypochondriac. Hypochondriacs become unduly alarmed about any physical or psychological symptoms they detect, no matter how minor the symptom may be, and are convinced that they have, or are about to be diagnosed with, a serious illness. Often, hypochondria persists even after a physician has evaluated a person and reassured them that their concerns about symptoms do not have an underlying medical basis or, if there is a medical illness, their concerns are far in excess of what is appropriate for the level of disease. Many hypochondriacs focus on a particular symptom as the catalyst of their worrying, such as gastro-intestinal problems, palpitations, or muscle fatigue. To qualify for the diagnosis of hypochondria the symptoms must have been experienced for at least 6 months.

Definition of hypochondria in the English dictionary

The definition of hypochondria in the dictionary is 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,.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPOCHONDRIA


achlorhydria
ˌeɪklɔːˈhaɪdrɪə
Alexandria
ˌælɪɡˈzændrɪə
calandria
kəˈlændrɪə
clinandria
klɪˈnændrɪə
cyberchondria
ˌsaɪbəˈkɒndrɪə
drear
drɪə
hydria
ˈhaɪdrɪə
mitochondria
ˌmaɪtəʊˈkɒndrɪə
perichondria
ˌpɛrɪˈkɒndrɪə
synandria
sɪˈnændrɪə
tawdrier
ˈtɔːdrɪə
zoodendria
ˌzəʊəˈdendrɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPOCHONDRIA

hypocalcemia
hypocalcemic
hypocaust
hypocenter
hypocentral
hypocentre
hypochlorite
hypochlorous
hypochlorous acid
hypochondriac
hypochondriacal
hypochondriacally
hypochondriasis
hypochondriasm
hypochondriast
hypochondrium
hypocist
hypocorism
hypocorisma
hypocoristic

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPOCHONDRIA

Alessandria
Algeria
aria
Austria
bacteria
Bulgaria
Calabria
Clement of Alexandria
criteria
Cyril of Alexandria
feria
gloria
Liberia
maria
Nigeria
Pappus of Alexandria
pizzeria
Syria
the Santa Maria
victoria

Synonyms and antonyms of hypochondria in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HYPOCHONDRIA»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hypochondria» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hypochondria

Translation of «hypochondria» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPOCHONDRIA

Find out the translation of hypochondria to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hypochondria from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hypochondria» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

疑病症
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hipocondría
570 millions of speakers

English

hypochondria
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विषाद रोग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوسواس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ипохондрия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hipocondria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিত্তোন্মাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hypocondrie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hypochondria
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hypochondrie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

心気症
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우울증
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hypochondria
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bịnh thần kinh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தன் உடல் நலத்தைப் பற்றிக் கவலை கொள்ளும் தன்மையால் ஏற்படும் மனவாட்டம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हायपोचंड्रिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hipokondri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ipocondria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hipochondrii
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

іпохондрія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ipohondrie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποχονδρία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hypochondria
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hypokondri
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hypokondri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hypochondria

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPOCHONDRIA»

The term «hypochondria» is regularly used and occupies the 63.569 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPOCHONDRIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hypochondria

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QUOTES WITH «HYPOCHONDRIA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hypochondria.
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The best cure for hypochondria is to forget about your body and get interested in someone else's.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPOCHONDRIA»

Discover the use of hypochondria in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hypochondria and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hypochondria: Woeful Imaginings
Writing with grace, humor, and an expert's eye for revealing detail, Susan Baur illuminates the processes by which hypochondriacs come to adopt and maintain illness as a way of life.
Susan Baur, 1989
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Phantom illness: shattering the myths of hypochondria
Draws on interviews with physicians and the case studies of sufferers to describe the possible origins and nature of hypochondria, explains how medicine has dismissed the disorder, and discusses a range of treatment options
Carla Cantor, Brian Fallon (M.D.), 1996
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A Condition of Doubt: The Meanings of Hypochondria
The book's four parts examine hypochondria as a condition of biology; of medicine; of culture; and of narrative.
Catherine Belling, 2012
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Hypochondria Can Kill
An entertaining compendium of potentially lethal if obscure illnesses, ailments, and medical syndromes for hypochondriacs describes everything from the most common housework-related fatalities among men to the dangers of telephone stroke ...
John Michael Naish, 2005
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Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of My Hypochondria
What she does have is hypochondria. In Well Enough Alone, Traig provides an uproariously funny inquiry into her ailment, as well as a well-researched history of the disorder.
Jennifer Traig, 2008
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Encyclopedia of Family Health
Questions and Answers Is hypochondria always a sign of an underlying emotional disturbance? Yes, but a better way to describe it is as a state of mind that leads to anxiety about, and preoccupation with, one's health; the cause of this state of ...
David B. Jacoby, R. M. Youngson, 2004
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Doctor's Orders: Goethe and Enlightenment Thought
Hypochondria And Hysteria The examples of the count, the Harper, Mignon, and the Beautiful Soul have made clear that one form of mental illness, the rapturous ecstasy of religious fanaticism, moves in tandem with introspection and ...
Robert Deam Tobin, 2001
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The Age of Hypochondria: Interpreting Romantic Health and ...
Examining the ways in which hypochondria forms both a malady and a metaphor for a range of British Romantic writers, Grinnell contends that this is not one illness amongst many, but a disorder of the very ability to distinguish between ...
George Grinnell, 2010
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Health and the Rhetoric of Medicine
not diseased, seeking a diagnosis and dreading one, and ill-disposed to receive the only diagnosis that may be forthcoming: the diagnosis of hypochondria itself.3 To borrow a description from novelist Jeffrey Eugenides, the hypochondriac is ...
Judy Z. Segal, 2008
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The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health
Hypochondria. People with hypochondria are preoccupied with the belief or fear that they have a serious illness despite medical reassurance to the contrary. Like people with other psychosomatic disorders, hypochondriacs have genuine ...
Karen J. Carlson, Stephanie A. Eisenstat, Terra Diane Ziporyn, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPOCHONDRIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hypochondria is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sign Language: Cancers need to check under their bed tonight
What you're suffering from is a touch of acute spiritual hypochondria. You're imagining ills that simply aren't there, or projecting onto minor ... «MauiTime Weekly, Jul 15»
2
Doctors are the enemy
I grow weary of her hypochondria, since she doesn't trust most doctors, and so prefers to chalk her imagined sicknesses up to gluten, the ... «San Diego Reader, Jul 15»
3
Eliminating Negative Thinking to Face Your Fears and Find Happiness
There are relatively more well-known fears such as claustrophobia and hypochondria, but there are also other fears that can have a very real ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
4
C4 orders health slate
... Jessen will return to the channel for House of Hypochondriacs, a 1 x 60-minute show exploring the rise of hypochondria, or health anxiety. «Broadcast, Jul 15»
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Scoop: THE ODD COUPLE on CBS - Monday, August 3, 2015
"Heal Thyself" - Felix's hypochondria kicks into overdrive when Oscar starts dating the most important person in Felix's life - his doctor, on a ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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Pro Pointers: Can you handle the moment of truth?
No one WANTS to go there, unless it's a cosmetic procedure or if hypochondria is a preferred life choice. The problem lies in the backend - the ... «Bangalore Mirror, Jul 15»
7
Weaving a Spell(ing Bee) at NKU
... “magic foot”; Bentley's performance encompasses the range of hypochondria (Barfée is allergic to nuts and has issues with nasal congestion) ... «Cincinnati CityBeat, Jul 15»
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The freezing needles that turn prostate cancer into ice cubes
Hypochondria is such a common problem that it even has its own NHS factsheet. Sufferers have vague symptoms (a headache, a chest pain), ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Do you self-diagnose after googling all your symptoms?
Hypochondria refers to a mental condition, where an individual is convinced he or she suffers from a debilitating condition due to inaccurate ... «TheHealthSite, Jul 15»
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What looking through HoloLens is really like (Tomorrow Daily 206)
Exactly, exactly, but hypochondriacs either Feed your hypochondria by buying a holo-lens, or avoid by not buying a holo-lens cuz you don't ... «CNET, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Hypochondria [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hypochondria>. May 2024 ».
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