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um⋅bil⋅i⋅cal
[uhm-bil-i-kuh
l] 
–adjective
| 1. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an umbilicus or umbilical cord. |
| 2. | joined together by or as if by an umbilical cord; heavily dependent in a close relationship. |
| 3. | adjacent to or located near the navel; central to the abdomen: the umbilical region. |
| 4. | serving as or containing a conduit through which power is transferred, esp. to a unit that will be or is designed to be ultimately self-sufficient or independent: an umbilical cable for launching a rocket; an umbilical plug for starting jet engines. |
–noun
| 5. | umbilical cord. |
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| um·bil·i·cal (ŭm-bĭl'ĭ-kəl) adj.
An umbilical cord. um·bil'i·cal·ly adv. |
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Umbilical
Um*bil"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ombilical. See Umbilic, n.]1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic. 2. Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] --De Foe. 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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umbilical
"pertaining to the navel," 1541, from M.L. umbilicalis "of the navel," from L. umbilicus "navel," from PIE *onobh- (source of Gk. omphalos and related to *nobh, source of navel). First record of umbilical cord is from 1753. Umbilicus for "navel" is attested from 1693 but mostly is confined to medical writing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: um·bil·i·cal
Pronunciation: "&m-'bil-i-k&l also "&m-b&-'lI-k&l
Function: adjective
1 : of,relating to, or used at the navel <umbilical infection>
2 : of or relating to the central abdominal region that is situated between the right and left lumbar regionsand between the epigastric region above and the hypogastric region below
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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umbilical um·bil·i·cal (ŭm-bĭl'ĭ-kəl)
adj.
- Of or relating to the navel.
- Relating to the umbilical region of the abdomen.
um·bil'i·cal·ly adv.
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