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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK] affocated in the hypochondrium: cf. F.

hypocondriaque

, formerly spelt

hypochondriaque

Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.

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.

Noun.

A person affected with hypochondria.

He had become an incurable

hypochondriac

Macaulay.

Adj.

Pertaining to the hypochondria, or the parts of the body so called; as the hypochondriac region.

Affected by a disease, attended with debility, depression of spirits or melancholy.

Producing melancholy, or low spirits.

Noun.

A person affected with debility, lowness of spirits or melancholy.