Words Like UMBILICUS

We have put together a list of words that are similar to UMBILICUS.

5 Alternative Words Similar to umbilicus

1 Navel Noun      Synonym Words Like Navel
2 Bellybutton Noun      Synonym Words Like Bellybutton
3 Omphalos Noun      Synonym Words Like Omphalos
4 Omphalus Noun      Synonym Words Like Omphalus
5 Point Noun      Synonym Words Like Point

2 examples of umbilicus

1 she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton
2 they argued whether or not Adam had a navel

10 definitions of umbilicus

1 The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel; the belly button, in humans.
2 An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.
3 The hilum.
4 A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.
5 Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.
6 One of the foci of an ellipse, or other curve.
7 A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other. A sphere may be osculatory to the surface in every direction at an umbilicus. Called also umbilic.
8 a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
9 See navel.
10 Biology A small opening or depression similar to a navel, as the hollow at the base of the shell of some gastropod mollusks, one of the openings in the shaft of a feather, or the hilum of a seed.
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