hypogastric
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hypogastric
From the New Latin word hypogastricus, dating back to 1605–15. See hypogastrium, -ic
Example Sentences
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At the same time, sympathetic nervous activity via the hypogastric nerves suppresses contraction of the detrusor muscle.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Each attack was accompanied by pains in the back and hypogastric region, febrile disturbance, and a sanguineous discharge from the urethra, which resembled in color, consistency, etc., the menstrual flux.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
The utero-ovarian blood-vessels derive their nerves from the hypogastric plexus, which, formed by branches from both sympathetic ganglia and spinal cord, is the exclusive source of the innervation of the uterus and ovaries.
From The Education of American Girls by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)
It consists of a deficiency of the abdominal wall in the hypogastric region, in which is seen the denuded bladder.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
She died at sixty-one of peripneumonia, and on postmortem examination a tumor was found occupying part of the hypogastric and umbilical regions.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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