About The Word Hypochondriac

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Hypochondriac

Hypochondriac Meaning & Definition
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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