Contextualizebeta

hypochondriac

adj
/ˌhaɪpəʊˈkɒndɹiæk/UK/ˌhaɪpoʊˈkɑndɹiæk/US/ˌhɪpoʊˈkɒndɹiæk/

Etymology

From French hypocondriaque, from Ancient Greek ὑποχονδριακός (hupokhondriakós, “of the region between the ribs and navel”), from ὑποχόνδριος (hupokhóndrios, “the space between the ribs and the navel”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + χόνδρος (khóndros, “cartilage”). See also hypochondrium, hypochondria, and Wikipedia at hypochondriasis § Etymology.

  1. derived from ὑποχονδριακός — “of the region between the ribs and navel”
  2. derived from hypocondriaque

Definitions

  1. Related to, or affected by hypochondria.

  2. Related to, or located in the hypochondrium.

  3. A person affected with hypochondria.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hypochondriac. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA