Near-synonym: hypochondria
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Hypochondriasis
//ˌhaɪːpɔ.kanˈdɹaɪːəsɪs//
Synonyms for "hypochondriasis" (20 found)
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24 translations across 23 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- ипохондрия noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 疑病性神經症 /疑病性神经症 noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
- 疑病症 noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Czech
1 entries- hypochondrie noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Dutch
1 entries- hypochondrie noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Esperanto
1 entries- hipoĥondrio noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Finnish
1 entries- hypokondria noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
French
1 entries- hypocondrie noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
German
1 entries- Hypochondrie noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Hebrew
1 entries- היפוכונדריה noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Ido
1 entries- hipokondrio noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Irish
1 entries- hipeacoindriáis noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Italian
1 entries- ipocondria noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Kazakh
1 entries- ипохондрия noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ипохондрия noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hîpokondriya noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Portuguese
1 entries- hipocondria noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Russian
1 entries- ипохо́ндрия noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Slovene
1 entries- hipohondrija noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Spanish
1 entries- hipocondría noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Swedish
1 entries- hypokondri noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Thai
1 entries- โรคคิดว่าตนป่วย noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Turkish
1 entries- hipokondriya noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
Volapük
1 entries- hüpogon noun (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)
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Most individuals who previously would have been diagnosed with hypochondriasis in DSM-IV [1994] (preoccupation with having a serious disease based on the individual’s misinterpretation of bodily symptoms) are now classified as having somatic symptom disorder; however, in one-third of cases, the diagnosis of illness anxiety disorder applies instead.
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