hypochondriac

UK: /ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndriæk/

US: /ˌhaɪpəˈkɑndriˌæk/

US: (hī′pə kon′drē ak′)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

hy•po•chon•dri•ac  (hī′pə kon′drē ak′), adj. 

Also, hy•po•chon•dri•a•cal  (hī′pō kən drī′ə kəl). [Psychiatry.] pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria. produced by hypochondria.
1. Anatomy, Zoology of or pertaining to the hypochondrium.

n. 

2. Psychiatry a person suffering from or subject to hypochondria.
3. a person who worries or talks excessively about his or her health.

• Greek hypochondriakós affected in the upper abdomen. See hypochondria, -ac
• Neo-Latin hypochondriacus
• 1605–15

hy′po•chon•dri′a•cal•ly, adv. 

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hypochondriac / ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndrɪˌæk/ noun
also: hypochondriast / ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndrɪəst/

1. a person with hypochondria

adjective
also: hypochondriacal / ˌhaɪpəkɒnˈdraɪək^əl/

1. relating to or having hypochondria

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

hy•po•chon•dri•a /ˌhaɪpəˈkɑndriə/   n. [uncountable]

1. Psychiatry unnecessary worry or preoccupation with one's health.

hy•po•chon•dri•ac /ˌhaɪpəˈkɑndriˌæk/  n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

hy•po•chon•dri•a  (hī′pə kon′drē ə), n. 

Also, hy•po•chon•dri•a•sis  (hī′pō kən drī′ə sis). [Psychiatry.] an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
1. excessive worry or talk about one's health.

• Greek, neuter plural of hypochóndrios pertaining to the upper abdomen (supposed seat of melancholy), equivalent. to hypo- hypo- + chóndr(os) ensiform cartilage + -ios adjective, adjectival suffix
• Late Latin
• 1555–65