Parumbilical

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parumbilical \Par`um*bil"ic*al\, a. [Pref. para- + umbilical.]
     (Anat.)
     Near the umbilicus; -- applied especially to one or more
     small veins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the
     epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen.
     [1913 Webster]