Hypochondrium Definition
hīpə-kŏndrē-əm
hypochondria
noun
Either of the upper lateral abdominal regions containing the lower ribs.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Hypochondrium
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From Latin hypochondrium, from Ancient Greek ὑποχόνδριον (hupochondrion, “the soft part of the body below the cartilage and above the navel”), from ὑπό (hupo, “below”) + χόνδρος (chondros, “cartilage”).
From Wiktionary
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New Latin from Greek hupokhondrion abdomen hypochondria
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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