Umbilical

2 definitions found

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

  Umbilical \Um*bil"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ombilical. See {Umbilic},
     n.]
     1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical
        cord; umbilic.
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     2. Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] --DeFoe.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  umbilical
       adj : relating to or resembling the umbilicus; "umbilical cord"