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epigastria

epigastria is the plural of epigastrium.

Meaning of epigastrium

Noun

epigastrium (plural epigastria)

  1. The upper middle region of the abdomen, between the umbilical and hypochondriac regions.
    • 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.1839, Robley Dunglison, Dunglison's American medical library

Questions about epigastria

What is epigastria the plural of?
Epigastria is the plural of epigastrium.

Words near epigastria in the dictionary

  1. epigamy
  2. epigaster
  3. epigastral
  4. epigastralgia
  5. epigastralgy
  6. epigastria
  7. epigastrial
  8. epigastric
  9. epigastrical
  10. epigastrium
  11. epigea

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