Meanings
plural hypochondria
- anatomyThe upper region of the abdomen, covering the upperribs, at each side of the epigastrium.
Origin
- Ancient Greekὑποχόνδριον“the soft part of the body below the cartilage and above the navel”
- New Latinhypochondrium
- Englishhypochondrium
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.
More words from New Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan hipocondri
- hipocondriupper region of the abdomen
Chinese Mandarin 季肋部
- 季肋部 (jìlèibù)upper region of the abdomen
Czech podžebří
- podžebříupper region of the abdomen
Finnish ylävatsa
- ylävatsaupper region of the abdomen
French hypocondre
- hypocondreupper region of the abdomen
German Hypochondrium
- Hypochondriumupper region of the abdomen
Hungarian hypochondrium
- hypochondriumupper region of the abdomen
Italian ipocondrio
- ipocondrioupper region of the abdomen
Latin hypochondrium
- hypochondriumupper region of the abdomen
Polish podżebrze
- podżebrzeupper region of the abdomen
Portuguese hipocôndrio
- hipocôndrioupper region of the abdomen
Spanish hipocondrio
- hipocondrioupper region of the abdomen
Cite this entry
hypochondrium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypochondrium
“hypochondrium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypochondrium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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