(ŭm-bĭ-lī′kŭs)
[Pronunciation]
(-bĭl′ĭ-kŭs)
pl.
[L., a pit]
A depressed point in the middle of the abdomen; the scar that marks the former attachment of the umbilical cord to the fetus.
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