epigastric

1. 1.

   of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen

   “epigastric artery”
2. 2.

   lying on or over the stomach

Questions about epigastric

What does epigastric mean?

epigastric means "of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in epigastric?

epigastric has 4 syllables and divides as e-pi-ga-stric under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is epigastric a common word?

epigastric is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.