hypochondriasis

English

Etymology

From New Latin, a more correct term for hypochondria, from hypochondrium + -iasis.

Noun

hypochondriasis (countable and uncountable, plural hypochondriases)

1. (medicine) A mental disorder characterized by excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness, despite medical testing and reassurance to the contrary.

Related terms

• hypochondria
• hypochondriac

Translations

excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness

• Bashkir: ипохондрия (ipoxondriya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 疑病症 (zh) (yíbìngzhèng), 疑病性神經症 / 疑病性神经症 (yíbìngxìng shénjīngzhèng)

• Czech: hypochondrie (cs) f
• Dutch: hypochondrie (nl)
• Esperanto: hipoĥondrio
• Finnish: hypokondria (fi)
• French: hypocondrie (fr)
• German: Hypochondrie (de) f
• Hebrew: היפוכונדריה (he) f (hipukhóndria)
• Ido: hipokondrio (io)
• Irish: hipeacoindriáis f
• Italian: ipocondria (it) f
• Kazakh: ипохондрия (ipoxondriä)
• Kyrgyz: ипохондрия (ipohondriya)
• Portuguese: hipocondria (pt) f
• Russian: ипохо́ндрия (ru) f (ipoxóndrija)
• Slovene: hipohondrija
• Spanish: hipocondría (es) f
• Swedish: hypokondri (sv)
• Thai: โรคคิดว่าตนป่วย
• Turkish: hipokondriya
• Volapük: hüpogon

References

• Answers.com
• “hypochondriasis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “hypochondriasis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “hypochondriasis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.