umbilicus

Noun

Meaning

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.

An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.

The hilum.

A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.

Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.

One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve.

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's dictionary

Synonyms

omphalos omphalus center centre nave core heart nucleus kernel backbone marrow navel umbilical pith belly button

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Antonyms

side surface outside border edge boundary

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Hypernyms

point

Related terms

umbilical cord umbilical hernia umbilical artery umbilical vein

Phrases with the word

vesicula umbilicus umbilicus rope Umbilicus rupestris umbilicus string Umbilicus intermedius umbilicus line

Derivatives

umbilici

Examples

Both TRAM and DIEP/SIEP use the abdominal tissue between the umbilicus and the pubis. Source: Internet

In breech presentation, fetal heart sounds are heard just above the umbilicus. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

umbilicovesical umbilicovitelline umbilicular umbilicus cord Umbilicus intermedius umbilicus line