Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hypochondriac"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hypochondriac \Hy`po*chon"dri*ac\, n.
A person affected with hypochondriasis.
He had become an incurable hypochondriac. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hypochondriac \Hy`po*chon"dri*ac\, a. [Gr. ? affocated in the
hypochondrium: cf. F. hypocondriaque, formerly spelt
hypochondriaque.]
1. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac
regions.
2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis.
{Hypochondriac region} (Anat.), a region on either side of
the abdomen beneath the cartilages of the false ribs,
beside the epigastric, and above the lumbar, region.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hypochondriac
adj : suffering from hypochondria [syn: {hypochondriacal}]
n : a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
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