What does umbilicus mean?

Definitions for umbilicus
ʌmˈbɪl ɪ kəs, ˌʌm bəˈlaɪ kəs; -ˈbɪl əˌsaɪ, -bəˈlaɪ saɪum·bili·cus

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalusnoun

    a scar where the umbilical cord was attached

    "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton"

Wiktionary

  1. umbilicusnoun

    navel

  2. Etymology: From umbilicus.

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  1. umbilicus

    The umbilicus, commonly known as the belly button, is a scar situated in the middle of the abdomen. It is where the umbilical cord was attached to the fetus during pregnancy, providing nutrients and oxygen from the mother's body. The umbilicus can also refer to a similar central point or rounded navel-like structure in various fields such as botany, zoology, mathematics or geology.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Umbilicusnoun

    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

  2. Umbilicusnoun

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

  3. Umbilicusnoun

    the hilum

  4. Umbilicusnoun

    a depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells

  5. Umbilicusnoun

    either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather

  6. Umbilicusnoun

    one of foci of an ellipse, or other curve

  7. Umbilicusnoun

    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

Wikidata

  1. Umbilicus

    Umbilicus is a genus of over ninety species of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae. Many of its species have been given synonyms under different genera such as Rosularia, Cotyledon, and Chiastophyllum. However, those that remain in Umbilicus are listed below: ⁕Umbilicus rupestris ⁕Umbilicus horizontalis ⁕Umbilicus intermedius ⁕Umbilicus chrysanthus ⁕Umbilicus chloranthus ⁕Umbilicus erectus ⁕Umbilicus oppositifolius ⁕Umbilicus aetneus ⁕Umbilicus affinis ⁕Umbilicus aizoon ⁕Umbilicus albido-opacus, sometimes referred to as opacus. ⁕Umbilicus alpestris ⁕Umbilicus botryoides ⁕Umbilicus citrinus ⁕Umbilicus coutinhoi ⁕Umbilicus cyprius ⁕Umbilicus deflexus ⁕Umbilicus denticulatus ⁕Umbilicus elymaiticus ⁕Umbilicus erubescens ⁕Umbilicus ferganicus ⁕Umbilicus fimbriatus ⁕Umbilicus gendjnamensis ⁕Umbilicus giganteus

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Umbilicus

    The pit in the center of the ABDOMINAL WALL marking the point where the UMBILICAL CORD entered in the FETUS.

Entomology

  1. Umbilicus

    a navel, or navel-like depression.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of umbilicus in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of umbilicus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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