About The Word Hypochondriac
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Hypochondriac
| Hypochondriac Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Hypochondriac?
[n] a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
[adj] suffering from hypochondria
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hypochondriac: hypochondriacal |
neurotic |
psychoneurotic
Related Terms | Find terms related to Hypochondriac: alcoholic |
alternating personality |
antisocial personality |
bowed-down |
cast down |
dashed |
dejected |
depressed |
despairing |
despondent |
desponding |
discouraged |
disheartened |
disordered |
disordered personality |
dispirited |
disturbed |
disturbed personality |
double personality |
down |
downcast |
downhearted |
drooping |
droopy |
drug user |
dual personality |
emotionally unstable personality |
escapist |
feeling low |
heartless |
hostile personality |
hypochondriacal |
hypochondriast |
hysteric |
idiot |
imaginary invalid |
immature personality |
in low spirits |
in the depths |
in the doldrums |
in the dumps |
inadequate personality |
inferior personality |
languishing |
low |
low-spirited |
malade imaginaire |
maladjusted personality |
mentally defective personality |
moral insanity |
multiple personality |
neurasthenic |
neuropath |
neurotic |
neurotic personality |
paranoid personality |
perverse personality |
pessimistic |
phobic |
pining |
psychasthenic |
psychoneurotic |
psychopath |
psychopathic personality |
psychotic |
psychotic personality |
schizoid |
schizoid personality |
seclusive personality |
sexual psychopath |
shut-in personality |
sociopath |
spiritless |
split personality |
subdued |
suicidal |
valetudinarian |
valetudinary |
weak personality |
weary of life |
woebegone |
world-weary
See Also | patient
Hypochondriac In Webster's Dictionary
\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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