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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Epigastric \Ep`i*gas"tric\, a. [Gr. ? over the belly; 'epi` upon
+ ? belly: cf F. ['e]pigastrique.]
1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the
epigastric region.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the
areas of the carapace of crabs.
{Epigastric region}. (Anat.)
a The whole upper part of the abdomen.
b An arbitrary division of the abdomen above the
umbilical and between the two hypochondriac regions.
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