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Hypochondriac

Hy̆p'o-chŏn'dri-ăc, a.

adjective

a. [Gr. ὑποχονδριακός, Fr. hypocondriaque, Sp. hipocondriaco, It. ipocondriaco.]

  1. Pertaining to the hypochondria, or the parts of the body so called; as, the hypochondriac region. See HYPOCHONDRIUM.
  2. Affected, characterized, or produced by, hypochondria.
  3. Producing melancholy, or low spirits.

Hy̆p'o-chŏn'dri-ăc, n.

noun

n. A person affected with hypochondria. He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay.