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EPIGASTRIUM
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Irregular inflected form: epigastria
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("epigastrium" is a kind of...):
area; region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve)
Derivation:
epigastric (lying on or over the stomach)
epigastric (of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen)
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