epigastrial

[Mod. Lat. epigastri (um); Eng. suff. -al.] The same as EPIGASTRIC (q. v.). ěp-i-găs-tric, *ěp-1-gas-trick, a. [Gr. epi gastrios =as adj., over the belly; as subst., see def.: epi =upon, and gaster the belly.] Anat .: Pertaining to the region of the stomach from the breast to the waist, a little above the the pancreas, and part of the liver. There are navel, and containing the right part of the stomach, epigastric arteries and veins, besides a plexus. IMG:content-1072.png:[blocks in formation] B. As substantive: Chem.: [HORNY-TISSUE.] ěp-i-dic-tic, ěp-I-dic-tic-al, a. [EPIDEICTIC.] ěp-1-did-ý-mis, s. [Gr. epi =upon, and didymos =a testicle.J Anat.: A long, tortuous canal or efferent duct constituting part of the excretory apparatus of the testicle.