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valetudinarian

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valetudinarian
noun
an elderly valetudinarian in search of medical advice:
hypochondriac, neurotic, invalid, valetudinary;
French malade imaginaire;
archaic melancholico.
adjective
the valetudinarian English:
hypochondriac, self-obsessed, neurotic, obsessed with one's health;
sickly, ailing, poorly, in poor health, weak, feeble, frail, delicate, debilitated, invalid, bedridden, infirm, washed out, run down, valetudinary;
archaic splenetic;
rare hipped, hippish.
valetudinarian Oxford Dictionary of English