UMBILICAL VESICLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does umbilical vesicle mean? 

• UMBILICAL VESICLE (noun)
  The noun UMBILICAL VESICLE has 1 sense:

1. membranous structure that functions as the circulatory system in mammalian embryos until the heart becomes functional

  Familiarity information: UMBILICAL VESICLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UMBILICAL VESICLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Membranous structure that functions as the circulatory system in mammalian embryos until the heart becomes functional

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

umbilical vesicle; vesicula umbilicus; vitelline sac; yolk sac

Hypernyms ("umbilical vesicle" is a kind of...):

sac (a structure resembling a bag in an animal)