EPIGASTRIUM


Meaning of EPIGASTRIUM in English

/ep'i gas"tree euhm/ , n. , pl. epigastria /-tree euh/ . Anat.

the upper and median part of the abdomen, lying over the stomach.

[ 1675-85; epigástrion, n. use of neut. of epigástrios over the stomach. See EPI-, GASTR-, IUM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .