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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hypochondriac \Hy`po*chon"dri*ac\, n.
     A person affected with hypochondria.
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           He had become an incurable hypochondriac. --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

















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