HYPOCHONDRIA


Meaning of HYPOCHONDRIA in English

n. 1 abnormal anxiety about one's health. 2 morbid depression without real cause.

[ LL f. Gk hupokhondria soft parts of the body below the ribs, where melancholy was thought to arise (as HYPO-, khondros sternal cartilage) ]

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