umbilicus

1. n. The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel. Source: opted

2. n. An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled. Source: opted

3. n. The hilum. Source: opted

4. n. A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells. Source: opted

5. n. Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather. Source: opted

6. n. One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve. Source: opted

7. n. A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other. A sphere may be osculatory to the surface in every direction at an umbilicus. Called also umbilic. Source: opted

8. n. a scar where the umbilical cord was attached Source: wordnet

9. 1. (Anat.) The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel. 2. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled. Dr. W. Smith. 3. (Bot.) The hilum. 4. (Zoöl.) (a) A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells. (b) Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather. 5. (Geom.) (a) One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve. [Obs.] (b) A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other. A sphere may be osculatory to the surface in every direction at an umbilicus. Called also umbilic. Source: webster

10. The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen,which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from thefetus; the navel. Source: adambom

11. n:100 n a scar where the umbilical cord was attached Source: ecdict

Thesaurus links

From the definitions

Explore more