I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷drēˌak adjective
Etymology: French hypochondriaque, adjective & noun, from Middle French, from Greek hypochondriakos, adjective, of the abdomen, from hypochondrion, singular, hypochondria, plural, abdomen + -akos (adjective suffix)
1. also hy·po·chon·dri·al -ēəl
a. : situated below the costal cartilages
b. : of, relating to, or being the two regions of the abdomen lying on either side of the epigastric region and above the lumbar regions — see abdominal region illustration
2. or hy·po·chon·dri·a·cal |hīpə]kən|drīə̇kəl, -pō], ]ˌkän- sometimes |hip-\ : affected, characterized, or produced by hypochondria
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: French hypochondriaque
: one affected by hypochondria or hypochondriasis
a hypochondriac … lives in a world of sick imagination — J.W.Krutch
some miserable hypochondriac whose interests are bounded by his own ailments — Bertrand Russell