umbilicaladj.n.
/ʌmˈbɪlᵻkl/, /ˌʌmbᵻˈlʌɪkl/, U.S. /ˌəmˈbɪlək(ə)l/, /ˌəmbəˈlaɪk(ə)l/ A. adj.
1. Anatomy.
a. Of or pertaining to the umbilicus or navel.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [adjective] > navel
umbilical?1541
umbilic1681
omphalic1808
omphalodic1890
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Hij The party vmbelycall synual is fro ye nauyll downwarde.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Umbilical Region, is that part of the Abdomen lying round about the Navel.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Liver Having four large Fissures; one thro' which the Umbilical Ligament passes.
1808 J. Barclay Muscular Motions 348 A tendon, which..divides in the region called umbilical into two strata.
1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 434 The umbilical ring..is but slightly resistant and very dilatable for some time after birth.
1859 W. R. Bullock tr. P. Cazeaux Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Midwifery (new ed.) 128 The umbilical depression, which in the two first months seems deeper, disappears gradually as gestation progresses.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 185 On this account the ventral part of the groove is called the umbilical fissure.
b. In umbilical artery, umbilical vein, umbilical vessel.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [noun] > specific vein
middle veina1398
portaa1398
saphena1398
funisa1400
sciaticaa1400
guidesc1400
haemorrhoidc1400
salvatellac1400
liver veina1425
median?a1425
mesaraic?a1425
sciatic?a1425
venal artery?a1425
sciat1503
organal vein1523
axillar?1541
weeping vein1543
port-vein1586
lip-vein1598
nose vein1598
sciatic vein1598
cephalic vein1599
hollow vein1605
jugular1615
scapulary1615
subclavian vein1615
umbilical vessel1615
basilica1625
porter-vein1625
neck vein1639
garter-vein1656
matricious vein1656
sacred vein1656
subclavicular1656
subclavial1664
vertebral1718
portal vein1765
cava1809
satellite vein1809
brachial1859
innominate vein1866
precaval1866
postcava1882
precava1882
postcaval1891
Vesalian vein1891
sciatic1892
subcardinal1902
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 710 The Infant..draweth the nourishment into the Liuer through the vmbilicall veine by a naturall instinct.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Umbilical Arteries, are two Arteries marching from the Navil, through Peritonæum to the sides of the Bladder.
1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 512 The Embrio doth breath, but not feed, through the Umbilical vessels.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Liver These two Lobes [of the Liver] are separated by a Scissure or Cleft, through which the Umbelical Vein enters.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 41 The blood-vessels that go to the placenta..are plainly seen issuing from the navel (being therefore called the umbilical vessels).
1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 715 The umbilical artery always furnishes three or four, which ramify in the walls of the bladder.
1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxix. 629 The arteries..represent the umbilical arteries of the human fetus.
c. Pathology and Medicine. Affecting, proceeding from, or applied to, the navel.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [adjective] > navel > affecting
umbilical1797
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 155 In umbilical hernia the parts protruded pass out at the umbilicus, and are commonly the intestines, or omentum, or both.
1862 S. O. Habershon Pathol. Observ. Dis. Abdomen (ed. 2) xvii. 570 Strumous Peritonitis. Fæcal Abscess. Umbilical Discharge.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2678/1 Umbilical bandage,..a broad band of fabric which is buckled around the umbilical region of the body to serve as an abdominal supporter and for palliating umbilical hernia.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2678/1 An umbilical truss, designed for the same purpose.
d. Connected on the female side.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > on mother's side
matern?a1513
uterine1632
maternal1650
umbilical1888
matrilateral1951
1888 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 5 493/2 The direct lineal ancestress in the female line, or what is sometimes termed umbilical or uterine ancestress.
2. umbilical cord:figurative.1847 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Wks. (1906) I. 334 With a force of many men, he could never break the umbilical cord which held him to nature.1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 217 That intercourse which..is linking England with India—that umbilical cord through which the circulation, to and fro, is going on.
a. The flexible string which attaches the fœtus to the placenta; the navel-string.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > that which connects or bond
bridgeOE
chain1377
bond1382
connex1490
link1548
conjunction1570
solder1599
claspa1674
vinculum1678
tie1711
concatenation1726
umbilical cord1753
thread1818
colligation1850
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [noun] > umbilical cord
navel-string1587
navel vein1634
umbilicality1658
funiculus1667
funis1727
umbilical cord1753
umbilical1774
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Navel The umbilical cord or navel-string of the new-born infant.
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 74 He combats the opinion..that the death of the child necessarily follows from the neglect of tying the umbilical cord after delivery.
1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 167/2 Some farmers after the birth of the calf attach a small weight to the umbilical cord, in order to facilitate the separation and expulsion of the placenta.
1888 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VI. 22/2 The umbilical cord normally presents torsions.
b. Botany. The small peduncle which attaches a seed to the placenta. Similarly umbilical bundle, umbilical vessel.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] > parts of > funicle
umbilical vessel1731
funiculus1732
podosperm1819
umbilical cord1819
retinaculum1821
funicle1824
umbilicus1837
umbilical bundle1875
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Vegetation This fermented Liquor is convey'd by the Umbilical Vessel to the Trunk of the little Plant.
1819 J. Lindley tr. L.-C. Richard Observ. Struct. Fruits & Seeds 6 Every visible process of the trophosperm which bears a single seed is known by the name of umbilical chord.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 150 Seeds attached by umbilical cords to placentæ.
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 252 From it [an umbilicus] a denser bundle of threads runs downwards to the peridium, the umbilical bundle.
c. transferred.
(a) Astronautics. A cable or other linking device supplying essential liquid or electrical services; spec. the connection between a guided missile and its launching equipment, or that joining a space-walking astronaut to his craft. Similarly umbilical connection, umbilical pipe, umbilical tower, etc.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [noun] > part of missile
proximity fuse1940
umbilical cord1948
society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > parts of spacecraft > [noun] > linking device for supplies
umbilical cord1948
society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > parts of spacecraft > [noun] > personal equipment used by astronauts
space gun1929
spacewalker1930
umbilical cord1948
backpack1966
MOOSE1966
1948 Gloss. Guided Missile Terms (U.S. Research & Development Board) 69 Umbilical cord, a cable fitted with a quick disconnect plug at the missile end, through which missile equipment is controlled and tested while missile is still attached to launching equipment or parent plane.
1958 Times 1 Mar. 6/3 The ‘umbilical pipes’ through which liquid oxygen was being pumped to top up its [sc. the missile's] fuel tanks.
1959 Manch. Guardian 3 Jan. 5 The ‘umbilical cord’ is a widely detachable cable through which the missile is powered and controlled while still on its ‘ivory tower’.
1962 J. Glenn in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 188 A special countdown started for dropping the umbilical cord which had been providing external power and cooling for the capsule until now.
1963 Times 31 May 19/4 The Apollo spacecraft and the three-stage Saturn MK.5 launch vehicle will be erected in the vertical position, together with the umbilical tower on a fabricated base.
1966 Daily Tel. 12 Oct. 21/5 The value of the umbilical tether employed on all space walks so far is being questioned.
1967 Economist 23 Dec. 1237/2 (caption) That grip of gold: umbilical cord linking astronaut to his space ship.
1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon vii. 147 We can see the LM umbilical connection quite well.
(b) A cable or pipe providing a deep-sea diver with essential electrical and similar supplies. Similarly umbilical cable, umbilical link, umbilical pipe, etc.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > underwater swimming > equipment
armour1721
lifeline1808
shot line1884
plumper line1896
shot rope1909
aqualung1950
scuba1952
snorkel1953
weight belt1955
umbilical pipe1968
1968 New Scientist 17 Oct. 127/2 Helium-distorted speech, picked up through the microphone, is transmitted by shielded cables in the umbilical pipe.
1969 New Scientist 2 Oct. 11/2 Life support requirements have been provided by way of an umbilical link to a surface station.
1970 R. Barton Oceanol. Today v. 123 It submerges and then travels along the seabed on four large hydraulically driven wheels... Power is provided through an umbilical cable.
1975 Offshore Sept. 115/2 Moreover, the Globule has..an emergency life support of 96 hours and batteries which can be recharged when in operation through the umbilical cable and the induction cable.
1979 Daily Tel. 11 Aug. 2/5 The divers asked for their chamber to be lowered to the sea-bed by means of their life-support umbilical cord.
1981 Times 23 May 3/3 He found the umbilical lifeline to the [diving] bell..in tatters.
(c) In other miscellaneous uses.
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1962 New Scientist 9 Aug. 285/1 Steering was done from another car travelling behind and a little to one side of the crash car by an attachment which is referred to by the research workers as an umbilical cord.
1968 Listener 15 Aug. 200/1 Tiny portable cameras carried by stalwart chaps loaded with power packs and aerials and umbilical cords like a spaceman operating outside his spaceship.
1977 Rolling Stone 30 June 117/3 Their giant electrostatic Model One..was the first electrostatic speaker system I know of that got rid of that cumbersome ‘umbilical cord’ (the line cord you had to connect to a wall outlet to power its high-voltage polarizing supply).
3. Conchology. Provided or connected with, of the nature of, an umbilicus.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of shell or parts of shell
testaceous1668
trivalvous1681
articulate1685
tabulous1734
concamerated1747
costated1751
ribbed1752
multivalve1753
umbilical1755
multivalved1759
trichite1765
right-handed1776
ventricose1777
unequivalved1788
sinistral1803
white-lipped1813
white-mouthed1815
turriculated1822
umbonial1824
turreted1826
siphunculated1828
columellar1829
sinistrorsal1830
canaliferous1834
spirivalve1835
turrited1835
versant1839
mitriform1843
paucispiral1843
turriculate1843
siphuncled1847
ventricous1850
camerated1851
convolute1851
perforated1851
parietal1854
septiferous1854
planorbiform1856
planorboid1856
trivalved1856
turrite1856
siphunculate1875
turriform1875
umbonic1877
costate1881
interlocular1888
varicated1891
lirate1894
evolute1896
1755 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 128/1 The particular species of the Nautilus, as shells, are the papiraceous, the eared, and the umbilical.
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 147 In some instances the umbilical termination [of a shell] is filled, as if by an exudation of callus.
1894 Geol. Mag. Oct. 438 The Australian form is distinguished by the greater prominence of its short umbilical ribs.
4. Geometry. Forming, or pertaining to, an umbilicus.† umbilical focal conic n. Obsolete rare a focal conic formed by the umbilics of its associated quadric surface; see focal conic n. at focal adj. Compounds.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > point > [adjective]
umbilical1728
polar1813
umbilicar1843
connectant1863
stigmatic1863
cuspidal1874
tropal1875
cusped1879
copunctal1896
open1896
perfect1897
closed1902
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > locus
locus1675
evolute1704
place1704
trajectory1795
syntractory1820
focal surface1828
synharmonic1850
syntractrix1852
pedal1862
umbilical focal conic1862
umbilical focal conic1862
stigmatic1863
synchronism1867
synchronous curve1867
Steinerian1873
tac-locus1873
strophoid1880
orthoptic locus1882
strophoidal1908
hypercycle1909
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Umbilical Points, in Mathematicks, the same with Foci.
1841 J. R. Young Math Diss. ii. 34 Dupin..clearly saw that Mouge had misinterpreted this symbol in his investigation of umbilical points.
1851 J. J. Sylvester in London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 4th Ser. 1 136 (note) As the two surfaces jut one close into the other at this point, it would perhaps be not improper to designate the contact at such point as umbilical.
1862 Q. Jrnl. Math. 5 371 Since the umbilici U, V are the points in which the umbilical focal conic cuts the ellipsoid, and the umbilical focal conic is the limit of a confocal hyperboloid, it follows that the umbilici may be regarded as a line of curvature.
1863 P. Frost & J. Wolstenholme Treat. Solid Geom. 144 The fixed point is called an umbilical focus, the intersection of the planes a directrix, and the constant ratio the umbilical modulus.
1886 P. Frost Solid Geom. (ed. 3) 147 The fixed point is called an umbilical focus..and the locus of the focus the umbilical focal conic.
5. Occupying a central point or position.
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the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adjective] > situated in the centre or middle
mideOE
middleeOE
mean1340
midwarda1400
moyen1481
centrica1593
midway1608
centricala1631
umbilical1742
middling1747
median1771
focal1825
1742 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) II. 293 The Chapter-house is large, supported, as to its arched Roof, by one umbilical Pillar.
1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xxiii. 167 His soul might as well, unless, for more ceremony,—or the trifling advantage which the umbilical point gave her,..play the fool out o' doors as in her own house.
1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 243 The Ætolians were stiled umbilical; and looked upon themselves as the central people in Greece.
B. n. plural.
1. The umbilical vessels.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [noun] > umbilical cord
navel-string1587
navel vein1634
umbilicality1658
funiculus1667
funis1727
umbilical cord1753
umbilical1774
1774 Cooper in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 316 It is plain also, that the blood passed..through the hypogastrics and umbilicals to the placenta.
2. transferred and figurative (also in singular).
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1936 W. Faulkner Absalom, Absalom! 259 That River which runs not only through the physical land of which it is the geologic umbilical.
1960 Times 18 Oct. 13/6 The umbilicals are..expendable power lines which nurture the bird (missile) while it is on the ground and vanish when it takes flight.
1966 J. Chamier Cannonball iv. 34 He picked up a microphone with its spring-spiral umbilical from its recess.
1974 Petroleum Rev. 28 674/3 Underwater vehicles may be..tethered (powered by an umbilical from a surface vehicle) or untethered (free swimming).
1977 Times 17 Oct. 14/7 On the humid roof sat batteries of television crews... Wires and umbilicals led..to a generator outside.
1982 D. Hart-Davis Level Five i. 9 Newman held the end of the hot-water umbilical... The steady flow began, cold at first, then warm, then hot... He..felt the warm jets course through the [diving] suit.
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