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Hypochondriac definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HYPOCHON'DRIAC, a. Pertaining to the hypochondria, or the parts of the body so called; as the hypochondriac region.
1. Affected by a disease, attended with debility, depression of spirits or melancholy.
2. Producing melancholy, or low spirits.
HYPOCHON'DRIAC, n. A person affected with debility, lowness of spirits or melancholy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: suffering from hypochondria [syn: hypochondriac, hypochondriacal] n
1: a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: French hypochondriaque, from Greek hypochondriakos, from hypochondria Date: 1599 1. hypochondriacal 2. of, relating to, or being the two regions of the abdomen lying on either side of the epigastric region and above the lumbar regions II. noun Date: 1639 one affected by hypochondria

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. a person suffering from hypochondria. --adj. (also hypochondriacal) of or affected by hypochondria. Etymology: F hypocondriaque f. Gk hupokhondriakos (as HYPOCHONDRIA)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hypochondriac Hy`po*chon"dri*ac, n. A person affected with hypochondriasis. He had become an incurable hypochondriac. --Macaulay.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hypochondriacs) A hypochondriac is a person who continually worries about their health, although there is really nothing wrong with them. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Seek-sorrow, self-tormentor, victim of melancholy or hypochondria. II. a. See hypochondriacal

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