umbilication

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noun

A small, navel-shaped depression, or dimple, at the centre of a rounded body.

“papillary umbilications”

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Meanings

nounumbilication (plural umbilications)

plural umbilications

  1. A small, navel-shaped depression, or dimple, at the centre of a rounded body.

    papillary umbilications

    2 more examples

    the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle

    umbilication of a pustule

Origin

From Latin umbilicatus. By surface analysis, umbilic- + -ation.

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APA

umbilication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbilication

MLA

“umbilication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbilication. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “umbilication,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbilication.

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