hypochondrium

American  

[hahy-puh-kon-dree-uhm] / ˌhaɪ pəˈkɒn dri əm /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

hypochondria

1. either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.

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hypochondrium British  

/ ˌhaɪpəˈkɒndrɪəm /

noun

1. anatomy the upper region of the abdomen on each side of the epigastrium, just below the lowest ribs

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Etymology

Origin of hypochondrium

1690–1700; < New Latin < Greek hypochóndrion abdomen. See hypochondria, -ium

Example Sentences

Gaetano-Nocito, cited by Philipeaux, has the history of a taken with a great pain in the right hypochondrium, and from which issued subsequently fetal bones and a mass of macerated embryo.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The Ephemerides speaks of it in front of the hypochondrium.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

In such cases there is not only spinal tenderness, but very usually also a well-marked tenderness in the epigastrium and the left hypochondrium, the trepied hysterique of Briquet.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

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

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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)