UMBILICUS (umbilici)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: umbilici   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does umbilicus mean? 

• UMBILICUS (noun)
  The noun UMBILICUS has 1 sense:

1. a scar where the umbilical cord was attached

  Familiarity information: UMBILICUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UMBILICUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A scar where the umbilical cord was attached

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

belly button; bellybutton; navel; omphalos; omphalus; umbilicus

Context example:

she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton

Hypernyms ("umbilicus" is a kind of...):

point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)

Holonyms ("umbilicus" is a part of...):

abdomen; belly; stomach; venter (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)

Derivation:

umbilical (relating to or resembling the umbilicus)

 Context examples 

It presents with leakage of urine from the bladder through the umbilicus.

(Patent Urachus, NCI Thesaurus)

A reference point for the fetal position when the fetal heart rate is detected above the mother's umbilicus.

(Fetal Position above Umbilicus, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement for determining the subcutaneous fat layer thickness whereby a pinch of skin approximately five centimeters to the right of the umbilicus is measured using calipers.

(Abdominal Skinfold Thickness, NCI Thesaurus)

A reference point for the fetal position when the fetal heart rate is detected below the mother's umbilicus.

(Fetal Position below Umbilicus, NCI Thesaurus)