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hypochondria

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpə(ʊ)ˈkɒndriə/
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌhaɪpoʊˈkɑndriə/
  • General-American: /ˌhaɪpəˈ-/
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AY2 P AH0 K AA1 N D R IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A formerly defined psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness. No longer a current medical diagnosis; see hypochondriasis for more.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • Near-synonym: hypochondriasis

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hypochondriasis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disorder, disease, condition

2

noun

Meaning 2

Melancholy; depression.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

plural of hypochondrium

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hypochondriasis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anxiety, anxiousness

History

Etymology

From New Latin hypochondria (the morbid condition so called, supposed to have its seat in the upper part of the abdomen), from hypochondrium (see English hypochondrium for more).

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَسَاوِس مرضية — psychological disorder
  • Armenian: մելամաղձություն (melamaġjutʻyun) — psychological disorder
  • Asturian: hipocondría — psychological disorder
  • Bashkir: ипохондрия (ipoxondriya) — psychological disorder
  • Belarusian: іпахо́ндрыя (ipaxóndryja) — psychological disorder
  • Bulgarian: хипохондрия (hipohondrija) — psychological disorder
  • Catalan: hipocondria — psychological disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 疑病 (yíbìng) — psychological disorder
  • Corsican: picondria — psychological disorder
  • Czech: hypochondrie — psychological disorder
  • Danish: hypokondri — psychological disorder
  • Dutch: hypochondrie — psychological disorder
  • Esperanto: hipoĥondrio — psychological disorder
  • Estonian: hüpohondria — psychological disorder
  • Finnish: luulosairaus — psychological disorder
  • Finnish: hypokondria — psychological disorder
  • Finnish: luulotauti — psychological disorder
  • French: hypocondrie — psychological disorder
  • Galician: hipocondría — psychological disorder
  • Gallurese: picundrìa — psychological disorder
  • Georgian: იპოქონდრია (iṗokondria) — psychological disorder
  • German: Hypochondrie — psychological disorder
  • Greek: υποχονδρία (ypochondría) — psychological disorder
  • Hebrew: הִיפּוֹכוֹנְדְּרִיָּה — psychological disorder
  • Hindi: रोगभ्रम (rogabhram) — psychological disorder
  • Hindi: स्वकाय दुश्चिंता (svakāy duścintā) — psychological disorder
  • Hindi: रोगाशंका (rogāśaṅkā) — psychological disorder
  • Hungarian: hipochondria — psychological disorder
  • Icelandic: ímyndunarveiki — psychological disorder
  • Icelandic: sóttsýki — psychological disorder
  • Icelandic: sótthræðsla — psychological disorder
  • Ido: hipokondrio — psychological disorder
  • Indonesian: hipokondria — psychological disorder
  • Irish: hipeacoindre — psychological disorder
  • Irish: galareagla — psychological disorder
  • Italian: ipocondria — psychological disorder
  • Japanese: 心気症 (shinkishō) — psychological disorder
  • Japanese: ヒポコンデリー (hipokonderī) — psychological disorder
  • Kazakh: ипохондрия (ipoxondriä) — psychological disorder
  • Korean: 건강염려증 (geon'gang'yeomnyeojeung) — psychological disorder
  • Northern Kurdish: hîpokondriya — psychological disorder
  • Kyrgyz: ипохондрия (ipohondriya) — psychological disorder
  • Latin: hypochondria — psychological disorder
  • Ligurian: pecùndria — psychological disorder
  • Lithuanian: hipochondrija — psychological disorder
  • Malayalam: വിഷണ്ണത (viṣaṇṇata) — psychological disorder
  • Malayalam: വ്യുവിൽ (vyuvil) — psychological disorder
  • Persian: مالیخولیا — psychological disorder
  • Polish: hipochondria — psychological disorder
  • Portuguese: hipocondria — psychological disorder
  • Russian: ипохо́ндрия (ipoxóndrija) — psychological disorder
  • Serbo-Croatian: хипохо̀ндрија — psychological disorder
  • Serbo-Croatian: hipohòndrija — psychological disorder
  • Sicilian: picuntrìa — psychological disorder
  • Sicilian: picundrìa — psychological disorder
  • Sicilian: picontrìa — psychological disorder
  • Spanish: hipocondría — psychological disorder
  • Spanish: patofobia — psychological disorder
  • Swedish: hypokondri — psychological disorder
  • Tamil: நாய்மைக்கலக்கம் (nāymaikkalakkam) — psychological disorder
  • Turkish: hipokondriya — psychological disorder
  • Ukrainian: іпохондрія (ipoxondrija) — psychological disorder
  • Vietnamese: bịnh thần kinh — psychological disorder
  • Volapük: hüpogon — psychological disorder