Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In anatomy, situated below the stomach; specifically, of or pertaining to the hypogastrium.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region.
  • adjective An arbitrary division of the abdomen below the umbilical and between the two iliac regions.

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  • adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium.

Etymologies

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hypo- +‎ gastric

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Examples

  • Rats with vagal, pelvic, hypogastric and ovarian neurectomies exhibited a marked decrease in calcitonin gene-related peptide-immunoreactive nerves in the uterus relative to rats with pelvic, hypogastric, and ovarian neurectomies with intact vagus nerves.

    In Defense of the Hysterectomy aka TBTAM 2007

  • The pudendal nerve supplies the clitoris but the pelvic, hypogastric and vagus nerves serve the pelvis region.

    Suzie Heumann: Enlightened Sex: Movement For Freeing Orgasm 2009

  • Neurectomies involving the pelvic, hypogastric, ovarian and abdominal vagus nerves were performed, and then uterine whole-mounts examined for sensory nerves containing calcitonin gene-related peptide.

    In Defense of the Hysterectomy aka TBTAM 2007

  • In all diseases it is better that the umbilical and hypogastric regions preserve their fullness; and it is a bad sign when they are very slender and emaciated; in the latter case it is dangerous to administer purgatives.

    Aphorisms 2007

  • If a patient pass blood and clots in his urine, and have strangury, and if a pain seize the hypogastric region and perineum, the parts about the bladder are affected.

    Aphorisms 2007

  • The hypogastric plexus serves many of the upper intestinal organs and the stomach.

    Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

  • The nervous system serves the abdominal organs primarily through the hypogastric and celiac nerve plexuses.

    Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

  • The hypogastric plexus serves many of the upper intestinal organs and the stomach.

    Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

  • The nervous system serves the abdominal organs primarily through the hypogastric and celiac nerve plexuses.

    Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

  • In that eventuality, she would have to operate to tie off the hypogastric arteries that carried the blood to the womb, and if that didn't work, then she'd have to perform an emergency hysterectomy, or the woman would bleed to death.

    The Silent Cradle Cuthbert, Margaret 1998

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