epigastrium
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Noun
[edit]epigastrium (plural epigastria)
- (anatomy) The upper middle region of the abdomen, between the umbilical and hypochondriac regions.
- 1839, Robley Dunglison, Dunglison's American medical library:
- In cases of extreme thickening of the coats of the stomach, of a scirrhoid character, where the suffering patients are almost worn out with constant pain, such remedies, applied over the epigastrium, most materially alleviate the distress.
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[edit]the upper middle region of the abdomen
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