Definition of "hypogastric" [hyp•o•gas•tric]

• Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium. (adjective)

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• "The pudendal nerve supplies the clitoris but the pelvic, hypogastric and vagus nerves serve the pelvis region."
• "Neurectomies involving the pelvic, hypogastric, ovarian and abdominal vagus nerves were performed, and then uterine whole-mounts examined for sensory nerves containing calcitonin gene-related peptide."
• "Rats with vagal, pelvic, hypogastric and ovarian neurectomies exhibited a marked decrease in calcitonin gene-related peptide-immunoreactive nerves in the uterus relative to rats with pelvic, hypogastric, and ovarian neurectomies with intact vagus nerves."