Meanings
adjectivehypochondric (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoletemedicineHypochondriac (related to or affected by hypochondria).
- not comparableobsoleteanatomyHypochondriac (related to or located in the hypochondrium).
This organ is ſituated in the ſuperior part of the abdomen, principally on the right ſide, occupies the epigaſtric and the right hypochondric regions, and ſometimes extends into the left hypochondre.
1795, William Saunders, “Anatomical Description of the Liver”, in A Treatise on the Structure, Economy, and Diseases of the Liver; Together with an Inquiry into the Properties and Component Parts of the Bile and Biliary Concretions, 2nd edition, London: J. Phillips, page 5
Origin
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