| Pronunciation: | | `epu'gastrik
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- [adj] lying on or over the stomach
- [adj] of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen; "epigastric artery"
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EPIGASTRIC is a 10 letter word that starts with E. |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ep`i*gas"tric\, a. [Gr. ? over the belly; 'epi` upon
+ ? belly: cf. F. ['e]pigastrique.]
1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the
epigastric region.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the
areas of the carapace of crabs.
{Epigastric region}. (Anat.)
(a) The whole upper part of the abdomen.
(b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen above the
umbilical and between the two hypochondriac regions.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Having to do with the upper middle area of the abdomen. |
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