epigastric fossa
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epigastric fossa — noun a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus) • Syn: ↑pit of the stomach • Hypernyms: ↑pit, ↑fossa • Part Holonyms: ↑stomach, ↑tummy, ↑tu … Useful english dictionary
fossa — A depression usually more or less longitudinal in shape below the level of the surface of a part. [L. a trench or ditch] acetabular f. [TA] a depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum superior to the … Medical dictionary
Superficial epigastric vein — Infobox Vein Name = PAGENAME Latin = vena epigastrica superficialis GraySubject = 173 GrayPage = 669 Caption = The left femoral triangle. (Superior epigastric vesseles labeled at center top.) Caption2 = The great saphenous vein and its… … Wikipedia
precordial depression — epigastric fossa (def. 1) … Medical dictionary
region — 1. An often arbitrarily limited portion of the surface of the body. SEE ALSO: space, zone. 2. A portion of the body having a special nervous or vascular supply, or a part of an organ having a special … Medical dictionary
fovea — Any natural depression on the surface of the body, such as the axilla, or on the surface of a bone. Cf.:dimple. SYN: pit (1). [L. a pit] f. anterior SYN: superior f.. anterior f. SYN: superior f.. f. ar … Medical dictionary
pit — 1. SYN: fovea. 2. One of the pinhead sized depressed scars following the pustule of acne, chickenpox, or smallpox (pockmark). 3. A sharp pointed depression in the enamel surface of a tooth, due to faulty or incomplete … Medical dictionary
scrobiculus cordis — SYN: epigastric fossa. [L. pit or fossa of the heart] … Medical dictionary
pit of the stomach — noun a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus) • Syn: ↑epigastric fossa • Hypernyms: ↑pit, ↑fossa • Part Holonyms: ↑stomach, ↑tummy, ↑tum … Useful english dictionary
breadbasket — noun 1. a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain • Hypernyms: ↑region 2. an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion • Syn: ↑stomach, ↑tummy, ↑tum • Derivationally related… … Useful english dictionary
