valitudinarian          an invalid, hypochondriac.
clavus                  (psychiat.) a headache which feels like a sharp
                        object has been driven into the skull, often 
                        considered a symptom of hysteria.
prosodemic              pertaining to a disease spread by personal contact.
festination             a gait characterized by involuntary hurrying.
                        (from adj. |festinate|)
ptisan                  a barley-water potion of supposed medicinal value.
hyperprosexia           (psychol.) excessive and involuntary attention to a 
                        particular stimulus.
sjambok                 a heavy rhinoceros-hide whip. (southern Africa)
caries                  [<L akin to Gk /K'er/ death goddess]