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HYPOCHON'DRIAC, a. Pertaining to the hypochondria, or the parts of the body so called; as the hypochondriac region.
HYPOCHON'DRIAC, n. A person affected with debility, lowness of spirits or melancholy.
Of or
pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.
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. A person
affected with hypochondriasis.
He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay. | ||||||||