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hypogastrium

hypogastrium noun: an area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus.

hypogastrium: an area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus
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Noun

hypogastrium (plural hypogastria)

  1. An area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus.

hypogastrium meaning in Tamil

hypogastrium in Tamil

அடிவயிறு

Forms of hypogastrium

pluralhypogastria

Origin of hypogastrium

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπογάστριον (hupogástrion).

Words formed from hypogastrium

Questions about hypogastrium

What does hypogastrium mean?
Hypogastrium means an area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus.
What is hypogastrium in Tamil?
Hypogastrium in Tamil is அடிவயிறு. See Hypogastrium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hypogastrium?
Hypogastrium is a noun.
What is the plural of hypogastrium?
The plural of hypogastrium is hypogastria.

Words near hypogastrium in the dictionary

  1. hypogastria
  2. hypogastrian
  3. hypogastric
  4. hypogastric nerve
  5. hypogastric nerves
  6. hypogastrium
  7. hypogastrocele
  8. hypogastroceles
  9. hypogastrurid
  10. hypogastrurids
  11. hypogea

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypogastrium (page history and authors); hypogastrium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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