hypochondrium
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hypochondria
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Etymology
Origin of hypochondrium
1690–1700; < New Latin < Greek hypochóndrion abdomen. See hypochondria, -ium
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It is not hepatitis that we are called upon to cure; it is to relieve a pain in the shoulder and in the hypochondrium, or a difficulty of lying on the left side.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
It had during its continuance brought on breathlessness on exertion, and what she called spasms or "grippings at the heart," no doubt the basis of her uneasy feelings in left hypochondrium.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
If the blood is pure and clear, in large quantity, mixed perfectly with the urine and accompanied by pain in the right hypochondrium, it comes from the liver.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry Ebenezer Handerson
The Ephemerides records a case in which there was the sense of two objects from a single touch on the hypochondrium.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
On two separate occasions this patient was attacked with pain of a precisely similar kind, but limited to the right hypochondrium, attended with great depression of spirits, and followed by a well-pronounced jaundice.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie
In between unfolds a drama of infidelity, jealousy and, as embodied by Mr. Allen’s character, hypochondria.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Nicknamed "The Prince of Pain", Lewis was known for poking fun at his own neuroses and hypochondria during his comedy routines.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024
She's very, well, a lot and her obsessive compulsive tendencies and hypochondria are played at first in "A League of Their Own" as over the top, for cheap-feeling laughs.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2022
Dr. Phil Family and friends say a woman has been dealing with severe hypochondria since she was a child.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2021
“This is hypochondria, Jane. You have been over-excited, or over-fatigued.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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