Umbilical
Umbilical , adjective
[Compare French ombilical. See Umbilic, n.]
1.
(Anatomy) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.
2.
Pertaining to the center; central. [Rare] — DeFoe
Collocations (5)
Umbilical cord (Anatomy) , 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. The little stem by which the seeds are attached to the placenta; -- called also funicular cord.
Umbilical hernia (Medicine) , hernia of the bowels at the umbilicus.
Umbilical region (Anatomy) , 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 (Anatomy) , a saccular appendage of the developing embryo, containing the nutritive and unsegmented part of the ovum; the yolk sac. See Illust. in Appendix.