UMBILICATION

Noun

umbilication (plural umbilications)

A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the centre of a rounded body.

Source: Wiktionary


Um*bil"i*ca"tion, n.

Definition: A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center of a rounded body; as, the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle; also, the condition of being umbilicated.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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