Английский Этимологический словарь - hypochondria
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Hypochondria
hypochondria
- 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.
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~ n a state in which you continuously worry that there is something wrong with your health, even when you are not ill ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
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
3.
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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