Anat. [mod.L., ad. Gr. ἐπιγάστριον, neut. of ἐπιγάστριος, f. ἐπί upon + γαστήρ stomach. Cf. F. épigastre.] ‘That part of the abdomen which is immediately over the stomach’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1681. trans. Willis’ Rem. Med. Wks., Voc., Epigastrium, The same with Abdomen, or the outward part of the Belly, from the Navil to the privy members.
1767. Gooch, Treat. Wounds, I. 375. The upper part of the Abdomen is called Epigastrium.
1877. Roberts, Handbk. Med. (ed. 3), I. 41. Ice … may be usefully applied to … the chest or epigastrium.
