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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