hypochondriac Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments
  2. adjective satellite suffering from hypochondria
    hypochondriacal.

WordNet

Hy`po*chon"dri*ac adjective
Etymology
Gr. affocated in the hypochondrium: cf. F. hypocondriaque, formerly spelt hypochondriaque.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.
  2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis.
Hy`po*chon"dri*ac noun
Definitions
  1. A person affected with hypochondriasis.
    He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay.

Webster 1913