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um⋅bil⋅i⋅ca⋅tion

  [uhm-bil-i-key-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a central navellike depression.
2. an umbilicate condition or formation.
Origin:
1870–75; umbilic(us) + -ation
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um·bil·i·cate   (ŭm-bĭl'ĭ-kĭt)   
adj.  

  1. Having a central mark or depression resembling a navel.

  2. Having a navel.

um·bil'i·ca'tion n.
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Main Entry: um·bil·i·ca·tion
Pronunciation: "&m-"bil-&-'kA-sh&n
Function: noun
: a depression resembling a navelumbilication in the center of a lesion>; also : the state or condition of having such depressions umbilication>
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umbilication um·bil·i·ca·tion (ŭm-bĭl'ĭ-kā'shən)
n.

  1. A pit or navellike depression.

  2. Formation of a depression at the apex of a papule, vesicle, or pustule.

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