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/əmbˈɪlɪkəl/ Listen

adjective

Umbilical adj.

(Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.

Pertaining to the center; central. (R.)

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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Umbilical" Quotes from Famous Books

... the ligature, which should be its umbilical cord connecting them with divinity, is rather like that thread which the accomplices of Cylon held in their hands when they went abroad from the temple of Minerva, the other end being attached to the statue of the goddess. But frequently, as in their case, the ...

— A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers • Henry David Thoreau

... peas touch laterally, and are pressed one against the other, so that the grub, when searching for a point of attack, cannot circulate at will. Let us also note that the lower pole expands into the umbilical excrescence, which is less easy of perforation than those parts protected by the skin alone. It is even possible that the umbilicum, whose organization differs from that of the rest of the pea, contains a peculiar sap that is distasteful to the ...

— A Book of Exposition • Homer Heath Nugent

... or haste, you lose your support or hold, then you are admirable; you bend yourself in raising your back, and carry the centre of gravity towards the umbilical region, by which means you fall on your feet. My dear Cat, you ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, - Vol. 12, Issue 328, August 23, 1828 • Various