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Hypochondriac
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A person affected with hypochondriasis. He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.