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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 val·e·tu·di·nar·i·an /ˌvæləˌtudṇˈɛriən, ˌtju-/
 (a.)有病的,虛弱的,過分擔心健康的病弱的人,過分擔心健康的人

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 val·e·tu·di·nar·i·an /ˌvæləˌt(j)udṇˈɛrɪən/ 名詞
 虛弱者,傷殘者

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Val·e·tu·di·na·ri·an a.  Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.
    My feeble health and valetudinarian stomach.   --Coleridge.
    The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue, not a valetudinarian virtue.   --Macaulay.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Val·e·tu·di·na·ri·an, n. A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.
    Valetudinarians must live where they can command and scold.   --Swift.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 valetudinarian
      adj : of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a
            valetudinarian
      n : weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with
          his or her health