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Definition of Hypochondriacal
1. Adjective. Suffering from hypochondria.
Definition of Hypochondriacal
1. a. Same as Hypochondriac, 2.
Definition of Hypochondriacal
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Coming from the hypochondria; pertaining to or caused by depressive spirits. ¹
2. Adjective. Suffering from hypochondria. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypochondriacal
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Hypochondriacal
1. Relating to or suffering from hypochondriasis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypochondriacal
Literary usage of Hypochondriacal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Sis Prussian Majesty falls into one of his hypochondriacal Fits. Before this
event, his Majesty was in gloomy humor; and special vexations had superadded ..."
2. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"... into one of his hypochondriacal Fits. Before this event, his Majesty was in
gloomy humour; and special vexations had superadded themselves. ..."
3. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"His Prussian Majesty falls into one of his hypochondriacal Fits Before this event,
his Majesty was in gloomy humour; and special vexations had superadded ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1905)
"At the base of hypochondriacal ideas there is an emotional state of depression.
... Closely allied to the hypochondriacal ideas are the ideas of negation. ..."
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