	The lower part of the abdomen.
	An arbitrary division of the abdomen below the umbilical and between the two iliac regions.

See also: Hypogastric, Hypogastric

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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