She's a bit of a hypochondriac always imagining that she has some fatal illness or unexplained aches and pains.
The hypochondriac spent most of his income on medicines.
Hypochondriac is a noun. Therefore it would be used as "a hypochondriac" or "the hypochondriac". For example, my friend is a hypochondriac.
One sneeze does not mean that you have swine flu, unless you are a hypochondriac.
The root word for "hypochondriac" is "hypochondria," derived from the Greek words "hypo" meaning "under" and "chondros" meaning "cartilage," referring to the area below the ribs where hypochondriac symptoms were once believed to originate.
The root "HYPO" in hypodermic and hypochondriac means "under" or "below." In hypodermic, it refers to something that is injected under the skin, while in hypochondriac, it refers to someone who is excessively concerned about their health.
A hypochondriac is someone who overstates an injury they receive, or makes up a whole new one entirely. This ploy is usually for attention.Your leg is not broken, stop being such a hypochondriac.I'm not being a hypochondriac, I really think I have ebola.Jim is such a hypochondriac, he's been in bed for 3 days with a 'cold'.
Hypochondriac
You just used the word acolytes in a sentence. Even saying, "can the word acolytes be used in a sentence", you are using that word in a sentence.
The word "incidentally" can be used at the end of a sentence. You can make the sentence "This was done incidentally.".
That's just the word for it. But a hypochondriac is not just a person who thinks he's sick. It's someone who has a pattern of thinking he's sick when he isn't. If you think you're sick, you might be sick. In that case, you're not a hypochondriac.
You just used it in a sentence.
This is your umpteenth request for a word to be used in a sentence.