epigastric

Instead, some surgeons now perform the deep inferior epigastric artery perforator, or DIEP, flap procedure, which uses only abdominal skin and tissue, not muscle, to create the breast.

The philosopher who goes up into the clouds to talk, and prefers gruel to trout before going, makes an epigastric mistake.

Again, in cases where the vomiting and epigastric distress were severe and obstinate the application of a blister three inches square to the epigastrium is to be recommended.

The condition may be present for years and the symptoms only epigastric tenderness with dizziness and sweating on lying down after dinner, as in one of Perutz's patients.

The skin is the subject of itching and reddening, the nerves of taste are blunted, and patches develop in the throat; loss of appetite, epigastric fulness, pain, vomiting, and disturbance of bowel function are common.