hypogastrium

Questions

What does hypogastrium mean?

An area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus.

Where does hypogastrium come from?

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπογάστριον (hupogástrion).

How to pronounce hypogastrium

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