Pit of the stomach Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)
    epigastric fossa.

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  1. (Anat.), the depression on the middle line of the epigastric region of the abdomen at the lower end of the sternum; the infrasternal depression.

Webster 1913