Found 2 items, similar to Hypochondriac.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hypochondriac
hypochondriac
adj : suffering from hypochondria [syn:
hypochondriacal]
hypochondriac
n : a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hypochondriac
Hypochondriac
\Hy`po*chon"dri*ac\, n.
A person affected with hypochondria.
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He had become an incurable hypochondriac. --Macaulay.
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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.
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2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis.
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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.
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