‖ epigastrium Anat.
(ɛpɪˈgæstrɪəm)
[mod.L., ad. Gr. ἐπιγάστριον, neut. of ἐπιγάστριος, f. ἐπί upon + γαστήρ stomach. Cf. F. épigastre.]
‘That part of the abdomen which is immediately over the stomach’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
| 1681 tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Voc., Epigastrium, the same with abdomen, or the outward part of the belly. 1767 Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 375 The upper part of the Abdomen is called Epigastrium. 1877 Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 41 Ice..may be usefully applied to..the chest or epigastrium. |