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Umbilicus

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navelnoun(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
omphalosnounThe navel.
omphalusnounAlternative form of omphalos. [An ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world.]
bellybuttonnoun(informal) The navel or umbilicus.

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bellybuttonnoun(informal) The navel or umbilicus.
navelnoun(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
omphalusnounAlternative form of omphalos. [An ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world.]
omphalosnounThe navel.
cotyledonnoun(botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.
umbilicnounThe navel; the center.
umbinoun(medicine, colloquial) Clipping of umbilicus. [(anatomy) navel]
umbilicationnounA small, navel-shaped depression, or dimple, at the centre of a rounded body.
umbilicoplastynounA plastic surgery procedure to modify the appearance of the navel.
acromphalusnoun(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
abdominalnoun(colloquial) An abdominal muscle.
abdomennoun(anatomy) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.
omphalocelenounA hernia of the navel.
belly button ringnounA form of body art wherein a piercing is placed in a cauterized puncture of the umbilicus.
outienoun(slang) A navel that protrudes from the abdomen.
urachusnoun(anatomy) A band of fibrous tissue extending from the bladder to the umbilicus.
belly ringnounA form of body art wherein a piercing is placed in a cauterized puncture of the umbilicus.
bellynounThe abdomen (especially a fat one).
abdominal ringnoun(anatomy) Either of the two openings in the abdominal muscle wall allowing the inguinal canal to pass through.
anal cleftnoun(anatomy) The groove between the buttocks.

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