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Meaning of HYPOCHONDRIUM

Pronunciation:  `hIpu'kândreeum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium
 
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 See Also: abdomen, area, belly, region, stomach, venter

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hy`po*chon"dri*um\, n.; pl. L. {Hypochondria}, E.
{Hypochondriums}. [L., fr. Gr. ?, from ? under the cartilage
of the breastbone; ? under + ? cartilage.] (Anat.)
Either of the hypochondriac regions.
 

 

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