*hypochondriac*

a. (Med.) Counteractive of hypochondria. -- n. A remedy for hypochondria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; affocated in the hypochondrium: cf. F. hypocondriaque, formerly spelt hypochondriaque. ] 1. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person affected with hypochondria. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Hypochondriac, 2. -- Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]