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CENTRE EPIGASTRIC

\sˈɛntəɹ ˌɛpɪɡˈastɹɪk], \sˈɛntəɹ ˌɛpɪɡˈastɹɪk], \s_ˈɛ_n_t_ə_ɹ ˌɛ_p_ɪ_ɡ_ˈa_s_t_ɹ_ɪ_k]\

Definitions of CENTRE EPIGASTRIC

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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The ganglions and nervous plexuses, formed by the great sympathetic and pneumogastric nerves, in the epigastrium, around the coeliac artery; where the impressions received from various parts of the body seem to be centred.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

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