different between umbilical vs epigastrium

English

Etymology

Formed from Latin umbilicus (“navel”) + the suffix -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?b?l.?k?l/, /?mb?l?a?.k?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?b?l.?k?l/
• Rhymes: -?l?k?l or Rhymes: -a?k?l

Adjective

umbilical (comparative more umbilical, superlative most umbilical)

1. Of, or relating to, the navel (umbilicus) or the umbilical cord.
2. (mathematics) Such that the curvatures of normal sections are all equal to each other.

Related terms

• paraumbilical
• postumbilical
• pseudoumbilical
• subumbilical
• umbilical artery
• umbilical cord
• umbilical hernia
• umbilical vein

Translations

Noun

umbilical (plural umbilicals)

1. (astronautics) A cord connecting an astronaut to a spacecraft, or a craft to ground control prior to launch, etc.

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

umbilical (feminine umbilicala, masculine plural umbilicals, feminine plural umbilicales)

1. umbilical

Derived terms

• cordó umbilical

Galician

Etymology

Formed from Latin umbilicus (“navel”) + the suffix -al; cf. also Latin umbilicaris.

Adjective

umbilical m or f (plural umbilicais)

1. umbilical

Related terms

• embigo

Spanish

Etymology

Formed from Latin umbilicus (“navel”) + the suffix -al; cf. also Latin umbilicaris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /umbili?kal/, [?m.bi.li?kal]

Adjective

umbilical (plural umbilicales)

1. umbilical

Derived terms

• cordón umbilical
• paraumbilical

Related terms

• ombligo

Further reading

• “umbilical” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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

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