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Meaning of PARUMBILICAL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Par`um*bil"ic*al\, 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.
 
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