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hypochondriac

/hahy-puh-kon-dree-ak/US // ˌhaɪ pəˈkɒn driˌæk //UK // (ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndrɪˌæk) //

疑病症患者,疑病症者,疑心病患者,疑病患者

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adj.形容词 adjective
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    Also hy·po·chon·dri·a·cal [hahy-poh-kuhn-drahy-uh-kuhl] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl/ .

    • : Psychiatry. relating to, having, or experiencing hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with one's health: This biography of the poet paints him as a hypochondriac depressive.produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
    • : exhibiting excessive worry about one's health: Her hypochondriac roommate had been convinced that their apartment was killing them with black mold.
    • : Anatomy, Zoology. of or relating to the hypochondrium.
n.名词 noun
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    • : Psychiatry. a person experiencing or subject to hypochondria.
    • : a person who worries or talks excessively about his or her health.

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Examples

  • As a gadget writer, I know it’s fine, but as a hypochondriac, it hurt a little.

  • One of the storylines of that movie has hypochondriac Woody enduring a cancer scare.

  • He is a hypochondriac now and would keep a close watch on his heir's health and habits; you may be sure of that.

  • I've met him; he's a bad-tempered hypochondriac, a cynic at heart, and a man whose word is never doubted.

  • Many a hypochondriac had laughed immoderately at the ludicrous exercises of Crummles and the infant phenomenon!

  • Hypochondriacs of any sort are a nuisance both to themselves and other people, but none more so than the spiritual hypochondriac.

  • He chiefly complained of great straitness and pain in the hypochondriac region, very short breath, swelled legs, want of appetite.