EPIGASTRIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: epigastria   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("epigastrium" is a kind of...):

area; region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve)

Derivation:

epigastric (lying on or over the stomach)

epigastric (of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen)

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