hypoˈchondrial, a.
[f. hypochondria + -al1.]
Pertaining to the hypochondria; = hypochondriac A. 2 a; situated upon the flanks.
| 1601 Holland Pliny Explan. Words of Art, Hypochondriall parts be the flanks or soft parts vnder the short ribs. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 503 Of it they make Plaisters to asswage the Hypochondrial inflamations and ventosity in the sides. 1837 Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds I. 89 The feathers covering the back are named dorsal; the breast, pectoral; the sides, hypochondrial or lateral. |