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
In describing the hypogastric lesion he mentions that he had demonstrated certain veins in it many times, multitotiens.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
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 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 Ellis, Havelock
They may extend from the uterus through the internal spermatic, or through the hypogastric and common iliac veins, to the vena cava.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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