epigaea repens
- n low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
epigastric artery
- n one of three arteries supplying the anterior walls of the abdomen
epigastric fossa
- n a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)
epigastrium
- n the region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum)
epigenesis
- n a geological change in the mineral content of rock after the rock has formed