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Meaning of UMBILIC

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Um*bil"ic\, n. [From L. umbilicus: cf. F. ombilic. See
    {Navel}.]
    1. The navel; the center. [Obs.] ``The umbilic of the
       world.'' --Sir T. Herbert.
    2. (Geom.) An umbilicus. See {Umbilicus}, 5
       (b) .
    
  2. \Um*bil"ic\, a. (Anat.)
    See {Umbilical}, 1.
    
 

 

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