Hy̆p'o-chŏn'dri-ŭm, n.

Hy̆p'o-chŏn'dri-ŭm, n.; pl. HY̆P'O-CHŎN'DRI-Ȧ. [Gr. ὑπόχονδριον, from ὑποχονδριός, under the cartilage of the breast-bone, from ὑπό, under, and χονδρός, gristle, cartilage; Lat. hypochondrium, Fr. hypocondre, Sp. hipocondrio.] (Anat.) That part of the cavity of the abdomen which, on either side, is beneath the cartilages of the false ribs; as, the spleen is in the left hypochondrium. [Written also, in the plural, hypochondres.]