epigastrium
[ep-i-gas-tree-uh m]
- the upper and median part of the abdomen, lying over the stomach.
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Epigastrium: the first entire ventral sclerite of the abdomen.
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He worshipped, as he said, his "Fe-fo-fum," The goddess of the epigastrium.
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Some tenderness was present in the epigastrium and towards the spleen.
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The epigastrium was somewhat tender, but there were no marked symptoms.
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It was accompanied also by violent pains and great swelling of the epigastrium.
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epigastrium
- the upper middle part of the abdomen, above the navel and below the breast
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Word Origin
C17: from New Latin, from Greek epi- + gastrion, from gastēr stomach
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epigastrium
(ĕp′ĭ-găs′trē-əm)- The highest of three median regions of the abdomen, lying above the umbilical region and between the hypochondriac regions.
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