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English Dictionary: hypochondriac by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypochondriac
adj
  1. suffering from hypochondria [syn: hypochondriac, hypochondriacal]
n
  1. a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
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 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.
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