• n. 憂郁癥；臆想病（hypochondrium的復(fù)數(shù)）

來自希臘語hupokhondria,腹部軟組織，來自hupo,下面，在下，khondros,軟骨，胸腔骨，詞源同grind,字母r后移。即胸部下面的腹部組織器官，如肝，膽囊，脾等，在古代概念中為情感依存之所，特別是憂郁，疑心等，引申詞義憂郁癥，疑心病。

hypochondria

hypochondria: [16] Originally, hypochondria was an anatomical term, denoting the ‘a(chǎn)rea of the abdomen beneath the ribs’. It comes via Latin from Greek hupokhóndrion, a compound noun formed from the prefix hupo- ‘under’ and khóndros ‘cartilage’. This particular part of the body was formerly supposed to be the seat of melancholy, and so in the 17th century the word came to be used for ‘low spirits, depression’. The modern sense ‘belief of being ill’ originally be longed to the derived hypochondriasis [18], but was transferred in the 19th century to hypochondria.

hypochondria (n.)

1839, "illness without a specific cause," earlier (1660s) "depression or melancholy without real cause," earlier still (late 14c.) ipocondrie "upper abdomen," from Late Latin hypochondria "the abdomen," from Greek hypokhondria (neuter plural of hypokhondrios), from hypo- "under" (see sub-) + khondros "cartilage" (of the breastbone); see grind (v.). Reflecting ancient belief that the viscera of the hypochondria were the seat of melancholy and the source of the vapors that caused such feelings.

1. We tend to think of hypochondria as a kind of selfishness.

我們傾向于將強迫癥視為某種自私的表現(xiàn).

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2. Doctors in Britain long suspected that patients who wear tinted abnormally prone to depression and hypochondria.

長時間以來,英國的醫(yī)生認為戴墨鏡的病人更易于消沉并患上憂郁癥.

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