valetudinarianism

Definition of Valetudinarianism in English :

the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Valetudinarianism

noun plural -narians or -naries

1.

a person who is or believes himself or herself to be chronically sick

2.

a person excessively worried about the state of his or her health; hypochondriac

adjective

3.

relating to, marked by, or resulting from poor health

4.

being a valetudinarian

5.

trying to return to a healthy state

noun

1.

a person in poor health; invalid

2.

one who thinks constantly and anxiously about one's own health

adjective

3.

characterized by or in poor health; sickly

4.

anxiously concerned about one's health

n.

A sickly or weak person, especially one who is constantly and morbidly concerned with his or her health.

adj.

1. Chronically ailing; sickly.

2. Constantly and morbidly concerned with one's health.