epigastrium

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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

Whether vomiting has occurred or not, patients nearly always express repugnance to the weight of the physician's hand over the epigastrium.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

An unspeakable terror seizes hold of him, and he no longer has any sensation but that of a burning contraction in the epigastrium.

From The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul by Flaubert, Gustave