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.

 

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

A person affected with hypochondriasis.

He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay.

 

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