Meanings
nounepigastrium (plural epigastria)
plural epigastria
- anatomyThe 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
Translations
Catalan epigastri
- epigastrithe upper middle region of the abdomen
Czech nadbřišek
- nadbřišekthe upper middle region of the abdomen
French épigastre
- épigastrethe upper middle region of the abdomen
German Epigastrium
- Epigastriumthe upper middle region of the abdomen
Indonesian epigastrium, ulu hati
- epigastriumthe upper middle region of the abdomen
- ulu hatithe upper middle region of the abdomen
- hulu hatithe upper middle region of the abdomen
Italian epigastrio
- epigastriothe upper middle region of the abdomen
Portuguese epigástrio, boca do estômago
- epigástriothe upper middle region of the abdomen
- boca do estômagothe upper middle region of the abdomen
Russian эпигастрий
- эпигастрий (epigastrij)the upper middle region of the abdomen
Slovak nadbruško
- nadbruškothe upper middle region of the abdomen
Spanish epigastrio
- epigastriothe upper middle region of the abdomen
Cite this entry
APA
epigastrium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epigastrium
MLA
“epigastrium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epigastrium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epigastrium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epigastrium.
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