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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. suffering from hypochondria;
[syn: hypochondriac, hypochondriacal]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hypochondriac \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. [1913 Webster] 2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hypochondriac \Hy`po*chon"dri*ac\, n. A person affected with hypochondria. [1913 Webster] He had become an incurable hypochondriac. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hypochondriac adj 1: suffering from hypochondria [syn: hypochondriac, hypochondriacal] n 1: a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments