epigastrium

Etymology

noun

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