Definition of Hypogastric

1. a. Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region.

Definition of Hypogastric

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypogastric

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Hypogastric

1. Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region. Hypogastric region. The lower part of the abdomen. An arbitrary division of the abdomen below the umbilical and between the two iliac regions. Origin: Cf. F. Hypogastrique. See Hypogastrium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypogastric

hypofunction
hypofusion
hypogaea
hypogaeic
hypogaeum
hypogaeums
hypogalactia
hypogalactous
hypogammaglobulinaemias
hypogammaglobulinemia
hypogammaglobulinemias
hypogamy
hypoganglionosis
hypogastric (current term)
hypogastric artery
hypogastric ganglia
hypogastric nerve
hypogastric plexus
hypogastric reflex
hypogastric vein
hypogastrium
hypogastrocele
hypogastropagus
hypogea
hypogeal
hypogean
hypogee

Literary usage of Hypogastric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"From this arrangement it follows that the ilio-hypogastric and ... The branches of the lumbar plexus are—the Ilio-hypogastric. Ilio-inguinal. Genito-crural. ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The hypogastric artery supplies the walls and viscera of the pelvis, ... In the fetus, the hypogastric artery is twice as large as the external iliac, ..."

3. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"hypogastric artery.—In the fœtus, the hypogastric artery, retaining almost the full size of the common iliac, curves forwards from that artery to the side ..."

4. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1835)
"To ascertain in what proportion the obturator artery arises from the hypogastric, external iliac, and epigastric arteries, MJ Cloquet examined these vessels ..."

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