hypochondrium

English Thesaurus

1. the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium (noun.body)

hypernym	:	area, region,
definition	:	a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve (noun.body)

part meronym	:	abdomen, belly, stomach, venter,
definition	:	the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis (noun.body)