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HYPOCHONDRIACS
Noun
hypochondriacs
plural of hypochondriac
Source: Wiktionary
HYPOCHONDRIAC
Hy`po*chon"dri*ac, a. Etym: [Gr. 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.
Hy`po*chon"dri*ac, n.
Definition: A person affected with hypochondriasis. He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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