umbilicus

IPA: ʌmbˈɪɫɪkʌs

(anatomy) navel
(botany) hilum
(zoology) A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.
(zoology) Either of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.
(space science) A tube connecting an astronaut or spacecraft to the mothership, through which supplies and samples can be transferred.
(geometry, obsolete) One of the foci of an ellipse or other curve.
(geometry) A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other.
(historical) An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.

Examples of "umbilicus" in Sentences

The ruka sprang off and approached, trailing the noga's thick "umbilicus" across a shoulder.
The umbilicus is a cicatrix formed after the metamorphosis of a median foetal structure -- the placental cord, &c.
These are what is called the umbilicus, for this is a blood-vessel, consisting of one or more vessels in different animals.
The umbilicus is the external structure that is comprised of several structures that are necessary while the foal is in the womb.
NAUKAASANA, PAVANAMUKTAASANA etc, which stimulate the VAATA STHAANA region of umbilicus which is supposed to remarkably and beneficially affect the spinal cord function.
The upper jaw of the animal was fixed in the left side of the belly, forming a semicircular wound of which a point one inch to the left of the umbilicus was the upper boundary, and the lower part of the upper third of the thigh, the lower boundary.