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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) epigastrium
the upper and median part of the abdomen, lying over the stomach.

Etymology: (1675–85; < NL < Gk epigástrion, n. use of neut. of epigástrios over the stomach. See epi -, gastro-)

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1. (noun) epigastrium
the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum)

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1. (noun) epigastrium
the upper part of the abdomen

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