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EPIGASTRIC FOSSA

• EPIGASTRIC FOSSA (noun)
The noun EPIGASTRIC FOSSA has 1 sense:

1. a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)

Familiarity information: EPIGASTRIC FOSSA used as a noun is very rare.

• EPIGASTRIC FOSSA (noun)

Sense 1

epigastric fossa ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

epigastric fossa; pit of the stomach

Hypernyms ("epigastric fossa" is a kind of...):

fossa; pit (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))

Holonyms ("epigastric fossa" is a part of...):

breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)

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(Arabic proverb)
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(Corsican proverb)

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