epigastric

American  

[ep-i-gas-trik] / ˌɛp ɪˈgæs trɪk /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of epigastric

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

Example Sentences

The torso is divided into three parts: the thoracic, the epigastric and abdominal.

From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various

The left hepatica magna receives also the umbilical vein, which persists on the visceral surface of the abdominal wall, often anastomosing with the epigastric veins.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

All this epigastric tercentenary might have been avoided if she had only allowed a good deal of margin for my probable condition when she splanned her little practicable joke.

From Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Bierce, Ambrose

Symptoms.—Acrid taste, tightness of throat, epigastric pain, and then symptoms of irritant poisons generally.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )

The pulsation of the heart is felt most distinctly quite on the left side of the thorax, where there is a painful spot; it is perceptible also in the epigastric region.

From Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart by Warren, John Collins