Meanings
nounhypogastrium (plural hypogastria)
plural hypogastria
- anatomyAn area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus.
Origin
- Ancient Greekὑπογάστριον
- Ancient Greekὑπογάστριον
- Englishhypogastrium
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπογάστριον (hupogástrion).
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Catalan hipogastri
- hipogastriarea of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus
Czech podbřišek
- podbřišekarea of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus
French hypogastre
- hypogastrearea of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus
German Hypogastrium
- Hypogastriumarea of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus
Italian ipogastrio
- ipogastrioarea of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus
Polish podbrzusze
- podbrzuszearea of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus
Russian подбрю́шье, гипогастрий
- подбрю́шье (podbrjúšʹje)area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus
- гипогастрий (gipogastrij)area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus
Spanish hipogastrio
- hipogastrioarea of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus
Ukrainian підчере́в'я
- підчере́в'я (pidčerévʺja)area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus
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“hypogastrium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypogastrium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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