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Definition of Pit of the stomach

1. Noun. A slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pit Of The Stomach

Literary usage of Pit of the stomach

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

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1879)
"The operator then kneels astride the patient's hips and presses both hands below the pit of the stomach, with the balls of the thumbs resting on each side ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"... a deficiency of the lower third of the sternum and upper part of the wall of the abdomen, as far as midway between the pit of the stomach and navel. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1879)
"Pain in the pit of the stomach, with burning soreness on pressure, ... Griping deep in the region of the pit of the stomach, aggravated by deep breathing ..."

4. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1875)
"A pressure in the pit of the stomach,in part gnawing,1.—*Hard pressure in the stomach after cating(i), and also later,7.—Distress as if caused by ..."

5. The Lancet (1842)
"In such cases, the sufferers are not troubled with the gnawing, binding pain at the pit of the stomach, which characterises the other variety of pyrosis. ..."

6. The London Medical Gazette (1830)
"... a sense of ' oppression and sinking at the pit of the stomach,'— were almost invariably relieved, or totally removed, by a few doses of the medicine. ..."

7. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1879)
"The operator then kneels astride the patient's hips and presses both hands below the pit of the stomach, with the balls of the thumbs resting on each side ..."

8. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"... a deficiency of the lower third of the sternum and upper part of the wall of the abdomen, as far as midway between the pit of the stomach and navel. ..."

9. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1879)
"Pain in the pit of the stomach, with burning soreness on pressure, ... Griping deep in the region of the pit of the stomach, aggravated by deep breathing ..."

10. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1875)
"A pressure in the pit of the stomach,in part gnawing,1.—*Hard pressure in the stomach after cating(i), and also later,7.—Distress as if caused by ..."

11. The Lancet (1842)
"In such cases, the sufferers are not troubled with the gnawing, binding pain at the pit of the stomach, which characterises the other variety of pyrosis. ..."

12. The London Medical Gazette (1830)
"... a sense of ' oppression and sinking at the pit of the stomach,'— were almost invariably relieved, or totally removed, by a few doses of the medicine. ..."

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