EPIGASTRIC FOSSA

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Meaning:

A slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)

Synonyms:

epigastric fossa; pit of the stomach

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("epigastric fossa" is a kind of...):

fossa; pit (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))

Holonyms ("epigastric fossa" is a part of...):

breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)