Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HYP-O-CHON'DRI-A
HYP-O-CHON'DRES, or HYP-O-CHON'DRYHYP-O-CHON'DRIAC
HYP-O-CHON'DRI-A, n. [plur. Gr. from υπο, and χονδρος, a cartilage.]
- In anatomy, the sides of the belly under the cartilages of the spurious ribs; the spaces on each side of the epigastric region. Coxe. Encyc.
- Hypochondriac complaints. Tatler.
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