epigastrium

Example Sentences

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If you will refer to any recent authority on the subject you will find that the pain of appendicitis starts in the epigastrium, which is in the midline and above the navel.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Gnawing hunger pain in pains the of ulcer.'' epigastrium not Gurgling unlike in the the intestines "and sometimes a mild watery diarrhea.

From Time Magazine Archive

She catches glimpses of it over the fence or through the pickets, and her imagination or epigastrium is inflamed.

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various

"Goneness" in epigastrium, singing ceases; some fulness in head remains.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah