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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At first coldness in the feet, then stinging and pressing pains in the right hypochondrium.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
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
He had four paroxysms before the doctor saw him, the last one being attended by much pain in the left hypochondrium.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
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 examining the right hypochondrium, which he described as swollen, there was evident indication of an enlarged liver, and he complained much of shooting pain in that region during a paroxysm of cough.
From An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners by Archibald Makellar
Kelly has spoken about issues outside the ring and struggles with chronic hypochondria that led to his one and only career defeat against David Avanesyan - but those problems appear firmly in the past.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
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
James Gorman is a long-time science writer and the author of books on hypochondria, penguins, dinosaurs and the ocean around Antarctica.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
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
“This is hypochondria, Jane. You have been over-excited, or over-fatigued.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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