The Mount Pleasant Fish Market. The Mount Pleasant Fish Market. Shem Creek fisherman are now able to sell their fresh-off-the-boat catch at a Saturday fish market, unanimously approved by the Mount Pleasant Town Council. Huzzah for local fisheries and small victories!
Medical Definition of hypochondriacal. : marked by unusual or excessive recurring concern about one's health : affected with or produced by hypochondria and especially hypochondriasis.
Word Origin and History for hypochondriac Expand. adj. 1590s, pertaining to the hypochondria, also afflicted with melancholy, from French hypocondriaque (16c.), from Medieval Latin hypochondriacus, from Greek hypokhondriakos pertaining to the upper abdomen, from hypokhondria (see hypochondria).