omphalectomy
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Related to omphalectomy: perivenous, infraumbilical
omphalectomy
[om″fah-lek´to-me]excision of the umbilicus.
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om·pha·lec·to·my
(om'fă-lek'tŏ-mē),Excision of the umbilicus or of a neoplasm connected with it.
[omphal- + G. ektomē, excision]
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omphalectomy
(ŏm′fə-lĕk′tə-mē)n.
Surgical excision of the navel or of a tumor connected with it.
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om·pha·lec·to·my
(om'fă-lek'tŏ-mē)Excision of the umbilicus or of a neoplasm connected with it.
[omphal- + G. ektomē, excision]
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