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umbilicus

N สะดือ  ศูนย์กลาง  sa-due

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UMBILICUS

Um `bi *li "cus, n. Etym: [L. See Umbilic. ]

 

1. (Anat. )

 

Defn: The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel.

 

2. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.)

 

Defn: An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled. Dr. W. Smith.

 

3. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The hilum.

 

4. (Zoöl.) (a ) A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells. (b ) Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.

 

5. (Geom.) (a ) One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve. [Obs. ] (b ) A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other. A sphere may be osculatory to the surface in every direction at an umbilicus. Called also umbilic.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

umbilicus

um bil i cus |ˌəmˈbilikəs ˌəmˈbɪlɪkəs | noun ( pl. umbilici |-ˌkī, ˌ-ˌsī, -ˌkē | or umbilicuses ) Anatomy the navel. Zoology a depression or hole at the center of the shell whorls of some gastropod mollusks and many ammonites. Zoology a hole at each end of the hollow shaft of a feather. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin: related to Greek omphalos, also to navel .

 

Oxford Dictionary

umbilicus

umbilicus |ʌmˈbɪlɪkəs, ˌʌmbɪˈlʌɪkəs | noun ( pl. umbilici |-sʌɪ | or umbilicuses ) 1 Anatomy the navel. 2 Zoology a depression or hole at the centre of the shell whorls of some gastropod molluscs and many ammonites. a hole at each end of the hollow shaft of a feather. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin: related to Greek omphalos, also to navel .

 

Duden Dictionary

Umbilicus

Um bi li cus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Umbil i cus |der Umbilicus; Genitiv: des Umbilicus, Plural: die Umbilici lateinisch ; »Nabel «Kopf des Stabes, um den in der Antike die Buchrolle aus Papyrus gewickelt wurde

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

umbilicus

um bil i cus /ʌmbɪ́lɪkəs /名詞 C 解剖 へそ .