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Umbilicus

Umbilicus Meaning & Definition
Umbilicus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Umbilicus?

[n] scar where the umbilical cord was attached

Synonyms | Synonyms for Umbilicus: bellybutton | navel | omphalos | omphalus

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See Also | abdomen | belly | point | stomach | venter

Umbilicus In Webster's Dictionary

\Um`bi*li"cus\, n. [L. See {Umbilic}.] 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. (Zo["o]l.) (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}.

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