epigastric

[ep-i-gas-trik]

adjective

lying upon, distributed over, or pertaining to the epigastrium.

Origin of epigastric

First recorded in 1650–60; epigastr(ium) + -ic

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Examples from the Web for epigastric

Historical Examples of epigastric

Thus, first, the epigastric artery is very likely to be wounded.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery
Joseph Bell
It is the solar plexus—the epigastric, sympathetic nervous system.
The Social Gangster
Arthur B. Reeve
The epigastric region does not affect the brain but the brain affects the epigastric region.
The Magic Skin
Honore de Balzac
The torso is divided into three parts: the thoracic, the epigastric and abdominal.
Delsarte System of Oratory
Various
It leaves the epigastric tissue, so I am informed, a useless wreck.
Frenzied Fiction
Stephen Leacock