a. [ Pref. para- + umbilical. ] (Anat.) Near the umbilicus; -- applied especially to one or more small veins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From L. umbilicus: cf. F. ombilic. See Navel. ]
a. (Anat.) See Umbilical, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. ombilical. See Umbilic, n. ]
Umbilical cord.
Umbilical hernia (Med.),
Umbilical point (Geom.),
Umbilical region (Anat.),
Umbilical vesicle (Anat.),
n. A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center of a rounded body;
‖n. [ L. See Umbilic. ]