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VESICULA UMBILICUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vesicula umbilicus mean? 

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

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


VESICULA UMBILICUS (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 ("vesicula umbilicus" is a kind of...):

sac (a structure resembling a bag in an animal)


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