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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hypochondriac

/hīpˌ-ək-än'-drē-ăk/ · Hy·po·chon·dri·ac · IPA /ˌhaɪpoʊˈkɑndɹiæk/
01 a. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.
  2. 2.
    Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis.
Phrases & compounds
Hypochondriac region — a region on either side of the abdomen beneath the cartilages of the false ribs, beside the epigastric, and above the lumbar, region.
02 n. A person affected with hypochondria.
  1. 1.
    A person affected with hypochondria.
    “He had become an incurable hypochondriac.” — Macaulay.