epigastric

Questions

What does epigastric mean?

Of or relating to the epigastrium.

Where does epigastric come from?

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms. By surface analysis, epigastrium + -ic = epi- + gastr- + -ic = epi- + gastric.

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