hypochondrium

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Ancient Greek ὑποχόνδριον (hupokhóndrion, “the soft part of the body below the cartilage and above the navel”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + χόνδρος (khóndros, “cartilage”).

hypochondrium (plural hypochondria)

1. (anatomy) The upper region of the abdomen, underneath the lower ribs, each side of the epigastrium.

• “hypochondrium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “hypochondrium”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “hypochondrium”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.