- 1. n. Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic. Source: opted
- 2. n. Pertaining to the center; central. Source: opted
- 3. adj. relating to or resembling the umbilicus Source: wordnet
- 4. n. membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic. 2. Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] De Foe. Umbilical cord. (a) (Anat.) 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. (b) (Bot.) The little stem by which the seeds are attached to the placenta; -- called also funicular cord. -- Umbilical hernia (Med.), hernia of the bowels at the umbilicus. -- Umbilical point (Geom.), an umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5. -- Umbilical region (Anat.), 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 (Anat.), a saccular appendage of the developing embryo, containing the nutritive and unsegmented part of the ovum; the yolk sac. See Illust. in Appendix. Source: webster
- 6. Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic. Source: adambom
- 7. j:100 a. relating to or resembling the umbilicus Source: ecdict
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