epigastrium

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"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

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

Hicks, sitting weakly on a log, his hands clasped across his outraged epigastrium, watched Chartrand’s gyrations with huge satisfaction, and roared vindictive sarcasm at the final catastrophe.

From The Boss of Wind River by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)

"If that new medicine doesn't relieve that terrible feelin' in my epigastrium, doctor—an' I don't believe it's a-goin' to—I'll let you know," she remarked acidly.

From And So They Were Married by Kingsley, Florence Morse

There is pain referred to the epigastrium or between the shoulder-blades, the patient suffers from hunger and thirst, and may present an extreme degree of emaciation.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander