different between epigastrium vs praecordia

English

Noun

epigastrium (plural epigastria)

1. (anatomy) The upper middle region of the abdomen, between the umbilical and hypochondriac regions.
   • 1839, Robley Dunglison, Dunglison's American medical library

     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.

Related terms

• epigastrial
• epigastralgia
• epigastric

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• præcordia (obsolete)
• precordia

Etymology

From Latin, from prae (“before”) + cor, cordis (“the heart”).

Noun

praecordia

1. (anatomy) The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +? cor.

Noun

praecordia n pl (genitive praecordi?rum); second declension

1. (anatomy) diaphragm; midriff
2. entrails
3. chest

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

References

• praecordia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praecordia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praecordia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette