Definitions for epigastric

epigastric ep·i·gas·tric

Spelling: [ep-i-gas-trik]
IPA: /ˌɛp ɪˈgæs trɪk/

Epigastric is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 907 anagrams from letters in epigastric (acegiiprst).

Definitions for epigastric

adjective

  1. lying upon, distributed over, or pertaining to the epigastrium.

Origin of epigastric

First recorded in 1650-60; epigastr(ium) + -ic

Examples for epigastric

I sank back in my chair horrified, with a sinking in the region of the epigastric plexus.

The epigastric region does not affect the brain but the brain affects the epigastric region.

The most important anastomosis is that between the femoral and saphena and internal mammary and epigastric veins.

Thus, first, the epigastric artery is very likely to be wounded.

It is the solar plexus—the epigastric, sympathetic nervous system.

epigastric pulsation is often very prominent in cases of gastric cancer, as it may be in various other conditions.

Spasm of the upper part of the rectus abdominis muscle may simulate a tumor in the epigastric region.

It leaves the epigastric tissue, so I am informed, a useless wreck.

The torso is divided into three parts: the thoracic, the epigastric and abdominal.

epigastric pain, and especially tenderness on pressure over the stomach, are not common symptoms in nervous dyspepsia.

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