"epigastrium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: epigastria [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|epigastria}} epigastrium (plural epigastria)
  1. (anatomy) The upper middle region of the abdomen, between the umbilical and hypochondriac regions. Related terms: epigastrial, epigastralgia, epigastric Translations (the upper middle region of the abdomen): epigastri [masculine] (Catalan), nadbřišek [masculine] (Czech), épigastre [masculine] (French), epigastro (Ido), epigastrium (Indonesian), ulu hati (Indonesian), hulu hati (Indonesian), باغر (bağır) (Ottoman Turkish), epigástrio [masculine] (Portuguese), boca do estômago [feminine] (Portuguese), nadbruško [neuter] (Slovak), epigastrio [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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