HyperDic: epigastric_fossa

English > 1 sense of the expression epigastric fossa:
NOUNbodyepigastric fossa, pit of the stomacha slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)
English > epigastric fossa: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus).
Synonympit of the stomach
Part ofstomach, tummy, tum, breadbasketAn enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal
Broaderpit, fossaA concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
Spanishboca del estómago
Catalanboca del cor, boca de l'estómac

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