GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Hypochondriac (?), a. [Gr.  affocated in the hypochondrium: cf. F. hypocondriaque, formerly spelt hypochondriaque.]
   1. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.
   
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   2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis.
   
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   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.
   
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   Hypochondriac, n. A person affected with hypochondria.
   
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   He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay.
   
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