EPIGASTRIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epigastric mean? 

• EPIGASTRIC (adjective)
  The adjective EPIGASTRIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen

2. lying on or over the stomach

  Familiarity information: EPIGASTRIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPIGASTRIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

epigastric artery

Pertainym:

abdominal wall (a wall of the abdomen)

Derivation:

epigastrium (the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lying on or over the stomach

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

epigastrium (the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum))

Derivation:

epigastrium (the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum))

 Context examples 

Signs and symptoms include epigastric pain, weight loss, jaundice, chronic pancreatitis, and diabetes mellitus.

(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include epigastric pain, weight loss, vomiting, steatorrhea, and diabetes mellitus.

(Pancreatic Intraductal Tubulopapillary Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of breast reconstruction in which blood vessels called deep inferior epigastric perforators (DIEP), and the skin and fat connected to them are removed from the lower abdomen and used for reconstruction.

(DIEP flap, NCI Dictionary)

A blood vessel arising from the external iliac artery with many smaller branches that connects to the superior epigastric artery and lower intercostal arteries.

(Inferior Epigastric Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Either of two veins including the inferior and superior epigastric veins.

(Epigastric Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

A mixed exocrine and endocrine gland situated transversely across the posterior abdominal wall in the epigastric and hypochondriac regions.

(Murine Pancreas, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The blood vessel carrying deoxygenated blood that arises from the superior epigastric vein and empties into the external iliac vein.

(Inferior Epigastric Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

Severe preeclampsia associated with any of the following findings: thrombocytopenia (platelets less than 100,000 per microliter), impaired liver function (twice normal elevation of hepatic transaminases; severe, persistent right upper quadrant or epigastric pain), progressive renal insufficiency (serum creatinine greater than 1.1 mg/dL or doubling of baseline in the absence of other renal disease), pulmonary edema, or new-onset cerebral or visual disturbances.

(HELLP Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)