🔄 Synonyms of "Umbilicus"
4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| navelnoun | (anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth. |
| omphalosnoun | The navel. |
| omphalusnoun | Alternative 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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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| omphalusnoun | Alternative form of omphalos. [An ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world.] |
| omphalosnoun | The navel. |
| cotyledonnoun | (botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling. |
| umbilicnoun | The navel; the center. |
| umbinoun | (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of umbilicus. [(anatomy) navel] |
| umbilicationnoun | A small, navel-shaped depression, or dimple, at the centre of a rounded body. |
| umbilicoplastynoun | A 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. |
| omphalocelenoun | A hernia of the navel. |
| belly button ringnoun | A 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 ringnoun | A form of body art wherein a piercing is placed in a cauterized puncture of the umbilicus. |
| bellynoun | The 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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