Epigastrium vs Praecordia - What's the difference?
epigastrium | praecordia |
(anatomy) The upper middle region of the abdomen, between the umbilical and hypochondriac regions.
* 1839 , Robley Dunglison, Dunglison's American medical library
In anatomy terms the difference between epigastrium and praecordia
is that epigastrium is the upper middle region of the abdomen, between the umbilical and hypochondriac regions while praecordia is the front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.epigastrium
English
(wikipedia epigastrium)Noun
(epigastria)- In cases of extreme thickening of the coats of the stomach, of a scirrhoid character, where the suffering patients are almost worn out with constant pain, such remedies, applied over the epigastrium , most materially alleviate the distress.