Meaning of epigastrium | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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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.”

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