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Hypochondriasis

Definition: Hypochondriasis

Hypochondriasis

Noun

1. Chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hypochondriasis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1878. (references)


Specialty Definitions: Hypochondriasis

DomainDefinitions

Satire

HYPOCHONDRIASIS, n. Depression of one's own spirits. Some heaps of trash upon a vacant lot Where long the village rubbish had been shot Displayed a sign among the stuff and stumps -- "Hypochondriasis." It meant The Dumps. Bogul S. Purvy. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Health

(DSM III-R) a mental disorder characterized by a preoccupation with bodily functions and the interpretation of normal sensations (such as heart beats, sweating, peristaltic action, and bowel movements) or minor abnormalities (such as a runny nose, minor aches and pains, or slightly swollen lymph nodes) as indications of highly disturbing problems needing medical attention. Negative results of diagnostic evaluations and reassurance by physicians only increase the patient's anxious concern about his health, and the patient continues to seek medical attention. Called also hypochondriacal neurosis. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Hypochondriasis

Synonym: hypochondria (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Hypochondriasis

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Dejection

Melancholy; sadness; Adjective: il penseroso, melancholia, dismals, blues, lachrymals, mumps, dumps, blue devils, doldrums; vapors, megrims, spleen, horrors, hypochondriasis, pessimism; la maladie sans maladie; despondency, slough of Despond; disconsolateness; Adjective: hope deferred, blank despondency; voiceless woe.

Insanity

Fanaticism, infatuation, craze; oddity, eccentricity, twist, monomania (caprice); kleptodipsomania; hypochondriasis; (low spirits); melancholia, depression, clinical depression, severe depression; hysteria; amentia.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Hypochondriasis

English words defined with "hypochondriasis": Hypochondriacism, Hypochondriasm, HypochondryPseudaesthesia. (references)
Specialty definitions using "hypochondriasis": HYPOCHONDRIASIS. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Hypochondriasis

DomainTitle

Books

  • Cognitive Therapy for Panic and Hypochondriasis (reference)

  • Health Anxiety: Hypochondriasis and Related Disorders (reference)

  • Somatization and Hypochondriasis (reference)

  • The Patient with Hypochondriasis [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hypochondriasis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hypochondriasis

41
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Modern Translations: Hypochondriasis

Language Translations for "hypochondriasis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

hypokondri (hypochondria). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

hypochondrie (hypochondria). (various references)

   

French

  

hypocondrie (f), hypocondrie (hypochondria). (various references)

   

German

  

Hypochondrie (hypochondria). (various references)

   

Italian

  

ipocondria (hypochondria). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

우울증. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ypochondriasishay

   

Portuguese

  

hipocondria (atrabiliousness, hip, hypochondriac, melancholic, misanthropy, spleen, valetudinarianism). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hipocondria (hypochondria). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Hypochondriasis"

Words rhyming with "hypochondriasis" (pronounced 'Hy`po*chon"dri*a*sis'): Abiogenesis, Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, Adipolysis, AEsthesis, Agamogenesis, Agenesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Amphigenesis, Amylogenesis, Amylolysis, Anabasis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anagnorisis, Anamnesis, Anamorphosis, Anapophysis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Ankylostomiasis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Anthropomorphosis, Antimetathesis, Antiperistasis, Antiphrasis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Antithesis, Aparithmesis, Aphaeresis, Apheresis, Aphesis, Apodosis, Aponeurosis, Apophasis, Apophysis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Hypochondriasis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-h-h-i-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-s-y"

-2 letters: hypochondrias.

-3 letters: hypochondria.

-4 letters: hydroponics.

-5 letters: dysphonias, dysphorias, hydroponic, physicians, rhinoscopy, rhodopsins.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Hypochondriasis


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01111001 01110000 01101111 01100011 01101000 01101111 01101110 01100100 01110010 01101001 01100001 01110011 01101001 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0079 0070 006F 0063 0068 006F 006E 0064 0072 0069 0061 0073 0069 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

429182816974818070847567857585

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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