Usually means: Upper central region of abdomen.
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  1. epigastrium: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. epigastrium: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. epigastrium: Collins English Dictionary
  4. epigastrium: Vocabulary.com
  5. epigastrium: Wordnik
  6. epigastrium: Wiktionary
  7. epigastrium: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. epigastrium: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. epigastrium: Dictionary.com
  10. Epigastrium: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Epigastrium: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. epigastrium: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. epigastrium: Rhymezone
  14. Epigastrium: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. epigastrium: FreeDictionary.org
  16. epigastrium: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. epigastrium: Encyclopedia

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  1. epigastrium: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Epigastrium: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. epigastrium: Medical Etymology Anatomy
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  7. Epigastrium: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (epigastrium)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) The upper middle region of the abdomen, between the umbilical and hypochondriac regions.

Similar:
hypochondrium, pit of the stomach, praecordia, anticardium, abdomen, episternum, mesogastrium, fundus, epiploon, mesogaster, more...

Types:
stomach, more...

Adjectives:
left, right, upper, entire, whole, lower, high, pulsating, anterior, central, distended

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Similar:
hypochondrium, pit of the stomach, praecordia, anticardium, abdomen, episternum, mesogastrium, fundus, epiploon, mesogaster, more...

Types:
stomach, more...

Adjectives:
left, right, upper, entire, whole, lower, high, pulsating, anterior, central, distended



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