hypochondria

hypochondria
[ˌhʌɪpəˈkɒndrɪə]
noun
  1. [mass noun]abnormal anxiety about one's health, especially with an unwarranted fear that one has a serious disease
    疑病(症)
语源
  1. late Middle English(in the Greek sense): via late Latin from Greek hupokhondria, denoting the soft body area below the ribs, from hupo 'under' + khondros 'sternal cartilage'. Melancholy was originally thought to arise from the liver, gall bladder, spleen, etc
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