1. a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus); [syn: pit of the stomach, epigastric fossa]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
epigastric fossa
n 1: a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum
(where a blow can affect the solar plexus) [syn: pit of
the stomach, epigastric fossa]