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Meaning of epigastrium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The upper middle region of the abdomen, between the umbilical and hypochondriac regions.

Equivalents

العربية شرسوف
Čeština nadbřišek
Deutsch Magengrube
Español epigastrio
Français épigastre
Bahasa Indonesia ulu hati
Polski nadbrzusze
Slovenčina nadbruško

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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