belly button

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um·bil·i·cus

, pl.

um·bil·i·ci

(ŭm-bil'i-kŭs, ŭm-bi-lī-kŭs; -i-sī, -lī'kī), [TA]

The pit in the center of the abdominal wall marking the point where the umbilical cord entered the fetus.

Synonym(s): belly button, navel

[L. navel]

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

navel

The scarred residua of the umbilical cord in humans, which is either a depression (“innie”, seen in 90% of the population) or protuberance (“outie”).

belly button

Medtalk Umbilicus, navel

belly button

An informal term for the navel (UMBILICUS).

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

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