valetudinarian
Obsessed with ailments
A valetudinarian is someone excessively concerned with their health, often to the point of hypochondria.
The word suggests a person who obsesses over minor ailments and constantly seeks medical attention or remedies: He became a valetudinarian in his later years, convinced every headache was a tumor.
As an adjective, it describes this anxious preoccupation with illness or frailty.
Unable to leave mattress
- houseboundUnable to leave home
- incapacitatedMade unable to act
- debilitatedMade weak or infirm
- infirmWeak in body
sickly · ailing · unwell · recuperating · homebound · shut-in · bedfast · immobile
One who imagines ailments
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
- fretfulAnxiously irritable
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
fearful · preoccupied · fixated · obsessive · neurotic · overcautious · paranoid · catastrophizing
Excessively particular
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- particularSpecific or fussy
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
overcareful · cautious · picky · scrupulous · exacting · demanding · high-maintenance · delicate
bedridden
Unable to leave mattress
- houseboundUnable to leave home
- incapacitatedMade unable to act
- debilitatedMade weak or infirm
infirm · sickly · ailing · unwell · recuperating · homebound · shut-in · bedfast · immobile · prostrate
hypochondriac
One who imagines ailments
apprehensive · fearful · preoccupied · fixated · obsessive · neurotic · overcautious · paranoid · catastrophizing · worried
fussy
Excessively particular
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- particularSpecific or fussy
meticulous · overcareful · cautious · picky · scrupulous · exacting · demanding · high-maintenance · delicate · precious
valetudinariancarefree
Free from anxiety
unconcerned · nonchalant · stoic · insouciant · devil-may-care
valetudinarianadventurer
One pursuing exciting exploits
athlete · daredevil · outdoorsman · go-getter · dynamo
value, valid, invalid, valor, validity, convalesce, convalescent, convalescence