hypochondrium

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin hypochondrium, 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”). See also hypochondria, hypochondriac, and Wikipedia at hypochondriasis § Etymology. === Noun === hypochondrium (plural hypochondria) (anatomy) The upper region of the abdomen, covering the upperribs, at each side of the epigastrium. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “hypochondrium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hypochondrium”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “hypochondrium”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.