Epigastrium

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Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum) wordnet

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"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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