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n. - The upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium.

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  • A swelling in the hypochondrium, that is hard and painful, is very bad, provided it occupy the whole hypochondrium; but if it be on either side, it is less...
  • Characteristically, the liver patient experiences pain just below the ribs of the right side of the abdomen, an area commonly called the hypochondrium, and liver...
  • That state of the hypochondrium is best when it is free from pain, soft, and of equal size on the right side and the left.
  • Over-distention of any of those organs situated beneath the right hypochondrium, will obstruct neighbouring organs and vessels.
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