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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hypochondriac \Hy`po*chon"dri*ac\, n. A person affected with hypochondriasis. He had become an incurable hypochondriac. --Macaulay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hypochondriac adj : suffering from hypochondria [syn: {hypochondriacal}] n : a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
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