Umbilical /(?)/
Um·bil·ic·al
Umbilical
a.
- Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic. (Anat.)
- Pertaining to the center; central. [R.]
Phrases & Compounds
- Umbilical cord
- 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.
- Umbilical hernia
- hernia of the bowels at the umbilicus.
- Umbilical point
- an umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5.
- Umbilical region
- 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
- a saccular appendage of the developing embryo, containing the nutritive and unsegmented part of the ovum; the yolk sac. See Illust. in Appendix.