01 a. Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.
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1.
Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.(Anat.)
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2.
Pertaining to the center; central.[R.]
Phrases & compounds
Umbilical cord —
The cord which connects the fetus with the placenta, and contains the arteries and the vein through which blood circulates between the fetus and the placenta; the navel-string.
Umbilical hernia —
hernia of the bowels at the umbilicus.
Umbilical region —
the middle region of the abdomen, bounded above by the epigastric region, below by the hypogastric region, and on the sides by the lumbar regions.
Umbilical vesicle —
a saccular appendage of the developing embryo, containing the nutritive and unsegmented part of the ovum; the yolk sac. See Illust. in Appendix.