HYPOCHON'DRES HYPOCHON'DRIA, noun plural [Gr. a cartilage.] 1. In anatomy, the sides of the belly under the cartilages of the spurious ribs; the spaces on each side of the epigastric region. 2. Hypochondriac complaints.
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