hypochondrium

English

Hypochondrium

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)

1. (anatomy) The upper region of the abdomen, covering the upperribs, at each side of the epigastrium.

Related terms

• hypochondria
• hypochondriac
• hypochondriasis

Translations

upper region of the abdomen

• Catalan: hipocondri
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 季肋部 (jìlèibù)

• Czech: podžebří n
• Finnish: ylävatsa
• French: hypocondre (fr) m
• Polish: podżebrze (pl) n
• Portuguese: hipocôndrio m
• Russian: подрёберная о́бласть f (podrjóbernaja óblastʹ)
• Spanish: hipocondrio (es) m

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.