hypogastric
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hypogastric
From the New Latin word hypogastricus, dating back to 1605–15. See hypogastrium, -ic
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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
The hypogastric feeling above referred to would come on—which I liked and disliked at the same time.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis
Out of the newness of the living blood pass the new strange waves which beat upon the great dynamic centers of the nerves: primarily upon the hypogastric plexus and the sacral ganglion.
From Fantasia of the Unconscious by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Deep in the lower body the great sympathetic center, the hypogastric plexus has been acting all the time in a kind of dream-automatism, balanced by its corresponding voluntary center, the sacral ganglion.
From Fantasia of the Unconscious by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
The one pole should be connected with the head-electrode, the other, by means of the surface board, applied alternately, to the epigastrium, chiefly, and to the hypogastric region.
From The Electric Bath by George M. Schweig
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