Category:Hypochondriac

Hy`po*chon"dri*ac, a. Etym: [Gr. 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.

hypochondriac Hy`po*chon"dri*ac, n.

Defn: A person affected with hypochondriasis. He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay.