HYPOCHONDRIA


Meaning of HYPOCHONDRIA in English

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)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.