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A mental disorder (in some classifications of such disorders, including ICD-11) that is characterized by excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness, despite medical testing and reassurance to the contrary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Near-synonym: hypochondria
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hypochondria
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: somatoform disorder, disorder, disease, condition
chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hypochondria
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anxiety, anxiousness
From New Latin; by surface analysis, hypochondr(ium) + -iasis. See also hypochondria, hypochondrium, and Wikipedia at hypochondriasis § Etymology.
Across languages
Translations 27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bashkir :
ипохондрия
(ipoxondriya)
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Bulgarian :
хипохо́ндрия
(hipohóndrija)
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Chinese Mandarin :
疑病症
(yíbìngzhèng)
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Chinese Mandarin :
疑病性神經症 /疑病性神经症
(yíbìngxìng shénjīngzhèng)
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Czech :
hypochondrie
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Dutch :
hypochondrie
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Esperanto :
hipoĥondrio
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Finnish :
hypokondria
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
French :
hypocondrie
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
German :
Hypochondrie
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Hebrew :
היפוכונדריה
(hipukhóndria)
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Ido :
hipokondrio
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Irish :
hipeacoindriáis
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Italian :
ipocondria
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Japanese :
心気症
(shinkishō)
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Japanese :
病気不安症
(byōki-fuanshō)
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Kazakh :
ипохондрия
(ipoxondriä)
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Northern Kurdish :
hîpokondriya
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Kyrgyz :
ипохондрия
(ipohondriya)
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Portuguese :
hipocondria
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Russian :
ипохо́ндрия
(ipoxóndrija)
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Slovene :
hipohondrija
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Spanish :
hipocondría
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Swedish :
hypokondri
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Thai :
โรคคิดว่าตนป่วย
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Turkish :
hipokondriya
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
Volapük :
hüpogon
— excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness
