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epihyal (medicine) and hypochondriac (medicine)


epihyal (medicine)


epihyal
<anatomy> A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.

Origin: Pref. Epi- + the Greek letter.

Source: Websters Dictionary


hypochondriac (medicine)


hypochondriac


1. <psychiatry> Affected, characterised, or produced, by hypochondriasis.

2. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions. A region on either side of the abdomen beneath the cartilages of the false ribs, beside the epigastric, and above the lumbar, region.

Origin: Gr. Affocated in the hypochondrium: cf. F. Hypocondriaque, formerly spelt hypochondriaque.

Source: Websters Dictionary