Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - hypochondria
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If someone suffers from hypochondria, they continually worry about their health and imagine that they are ill, although there is really nothing wrong with them. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, plural, upper abdomen (formerly regarded as the seat of ~), from Greek, literally, the parts under the cartilage (of the breastbone), from hypo- + chondros cartilage Date: 1668 extreme depression of mind or spirits often centered on imaginary physical ailments; specifically ~sis ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 abnormal anxiety about one's health. 2 morbid depression without real cause. Etymology: LL f. Gk hupokhondria soft parts of the body below the ribs, where melancholy was thought to arise (as HYPO-, khondros sternal cartilage) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1839, "illness without a specific cause," earlier (1668) "depression or melancholy without real cause," earlier still (1373) ypocandria "upper abdomen," from L.L. hypochondria "the abdomen," from Gk. hypochondria (neut. pl.), from hypo- "under" + chondros "cartilage" (of the breastbone). Reflecting ancient belief that the viscera of the hypochondria were the seat of melancholy. Hypochondriac in modern sense first recorded 1888. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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