HYPOCHONDRIAC


Meaning of HYPOCHONDRIAC in English

— hypochondriacally , adv.

/huy'peuh kon"dree ak'/ , adj.

1. Also, hypochondriacal /huy'poh keuhn druy"euh keuhl/ . Psychiatry.

a. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria.

b. produced by hypochondria.

2. Anat. , Zool. of or pertaining to the hypochondrium.

n.

3. Psychiatry. a person suffering from or subject to hypochondria.

4. a person who worries or talks excessively about his or her health.

[ 1605-15; hypochondriacus hypochondriakós affected in the upper abdomen. See HYPOCHONDRIA, -AC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .