HYPOCHONDRIASIS

(Lat), n. pi. Hip(hup)-o(oa)-koan- (ch*oan)-dria-aia3)'sias. Gen., -as'eos (-is). From inrd, under, and XdVipof. a cartilage. Fr., hypochondrie. A mental disorder which does not amount to insanity, and which takes its name from the hypochondriac region, to which feelings of distre and uneasine are often referred. In all cases the characteristic feature is an apprehension either that some serious disease has attacked one or is about to do so; hence there is a morbid concern about one's physical condition. It is by some called the analogue of hysteria, the latter affecting principally women, the former men. [D, 5.] Delirious h. Fr.. hypochondrie delirante. Exce ive h. with a low form of delirium, [a, 40.] H. sine materia. H. without good cause. [!>.] H. cum materia. H. induced by actual disturbance of greater or le severity in some part of the body, especially the hypochondrium. [D, 70.] Syphilitic li. Lat.. h. syphilitic a. H. in which the subject continually imagines that he is a victim of syphilis. [D, 36.] [s. 414]