umbilicus
Meaning
- navel
- (broadly, proscribed, sometimes) Umbilical cord
- hilum
- A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.
- Either of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.
- A tube connecting an astronaut or spacecraft to the mothership, through which supplies and samples can be transferred.
- (obsolete) One of the foci of an ellipse or other curve.
- A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other.
- (historical) An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.
Synonyms
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌʌmˈbɪlɪkəs/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin umbilīcus (“navel”).
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