Meaning of HYPOCHONDRIAC
| Pronunciation: | | `hIpu'kândree`ak
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- [n] a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
- [adj] suffering from hypochondria
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| | Synonyms: | | hypochondriacal, neurotic, psychoneurotic |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\Hy`po*chon"dri*ac\, n.
A person affected with hypochondriasis.
He had become an incurable hypochondriac. --Macaulay.
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