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Umbilic
(gcide) | Umbilic \Um*bil"ic\, n. [From L. umbilicus: cf. F. ombilic. See
Navel.]
1. The navel; the center. [Obs.] "The umbilic of the world."
--Sir T. Herbert.
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2. (Geom.) An umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5
(b) .
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Umbilic
(gcide) | Umbilic \Um*bil"ic\, a. (Anat.)
See Umbilical, 1.
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umbilic
(gcide) | Umbilicus \Um`bi*li"cus\, n. [L. See Umbilic.]
1. (Anat.) 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; the belly
button, in humans.
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2. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) An ornamented or painted ball or boss
fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts
were rolled. --Dr. W. Smith.
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3. (Bot.) The hilum.
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4. (Zool.)
(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.
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5. (Geom.)
(a) One of the 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.
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paraumbilical vein
(encz) | paraumbilical vein, n: |
umbilical
(encz) | umbilical,pupeční adj: Pavel Machek |
umbilical artery
(encz) | umbilical artery,pupečníková tepna n: [med.] xHire |
umbilical cord
(encz) | umbilical cord,pupeční šňůra n: [med.] xHireumbilical cord,pupečník n: [med.] xHire |
umbilical hernia
(encz) | umbilical hernia,pupeční kýla n: [med.] xHire |
umbilical vein
(encz) | umbilical vein,pupečníková žíla n: [med.] xHire |
umbilical vesicle
(encz) | umbilical vesicle, n: |
umbilicate
(encz) | umbilicate, adj: |
umbilicus
(encz) | umbilicus,pupek n: Zdeněk Brož |
vena paraumbilicalis
(encz) | vena paraumbilicalis, n: |
vena umbilicalis
(encz) | vena umbilicalis, n: |
vesicula umbilicus
(encz) | vesicula umbilicus, n: |
Cotyledon umbilicus
(gcide) | Navelwort \Na"vel*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus),
having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; --
also called pennywort, and kidneywort.
[1913 Webster]Wall \Wall\, n. [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a
stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. ? a nail. Cf. Interval.]
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1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials,
raised to some height, and intended for defense or
security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a
field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright
inclosing parts of a building or a room.
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The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. --Dan.
v. 5.
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2. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the
plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
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The waters were a wall unto them on their right
hand, and on their left. --Ex. xiv. 22.
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In such a night,
Troilus, methinks, mounted the Troyan walls. --Shak.
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To rush undaunted to defend the walls. --Dryden.
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3. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls
of a steam-engine cylinder.
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4. (Mining)
(a) The side of a level or drift.
(b) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. --Raymond.
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Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the
formation of compounds, usually of obvious
signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall
fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc.
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Blank wall, Blind wall, etc. See under Blank, Blind,
etc.
To drive to the wall, to bring to extremities; to push to
extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over.
To go to the wall, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the
weaker party; to be pushed to extremes.
To take the wall. to take the inner side of a walk, that
is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence.
"I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's."
--Shak.
Wall barley (Bot.), a kind of grass (Hordeum murinum)
much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under
Squirrel.
Wall box. (Mach.) See Wall frame, below.
Wall creeper (Zool.), a small bright-colored bird
(Tichodroma muraria) native of Asia and Southern Europe.
It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of
insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing
coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red
at the base and black distally, some of them with white
spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also {spider
catcher}.
Wall cress (Bot.), a name given to several low cruciferous
herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under
Mouse-ear.
Wall frame (Mach.), a frame set in a wall to receive a
pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the
wall; -- called also wall box.
Wall fruit, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall.
Wall gecko (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
geckos which live in or about buildings and run over the
vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by means
of suckers on the feet.
Wall lizard (Zool.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
muralis}) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks
and crevices of walls; -- called also wall newt.
Wall louse, a wood louse.
Wall moss (Bot.), any species of moss growing on walls.
Wall newt (Zool.), the wall lizard. --Shak.
Wall paper, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper
hangings.
Wall pellitory (Bot.), a European plant ({Parictaria
officinalis}) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed
medicinal.
Wall pennywort (Bot.), a plant (Cotyledon Umbilicus)
having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in
Western Europe.
Wall pepper (Bot.), a low mosslike plant (Sedum acre)
with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and
bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in
Europe, and is sometimes seen in America.
Wall pie (Bot.), a kind of fern; wall rue.
Wall piece, a gun planted on a wall. --H. L. Scott.
Wall plate (Arch.), a piece of timber placed horizontally
upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like.
See Illust. of Roof.
Wall rock, granular limestone used in building walls. [U.
S.] --Bartlett.
Wall rue (Bot.), a species of small fern ({Asplenium
Ruta-muraria}) growing on walls, rocks, and the like.
Wall spring, a spring of water issuing from stratified
rocks.
Wall tent, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to
the walls of a house.
Wall wasp (Zool.), a common European solitary wasp
(Odynerus parietus) which makes its nest in the crevices
of walls.
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Cotyledon Umbilicus
(gcide) | Navelwort \Na"vel*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus),
having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; --
also called pennywort, and kidneywort.
[1913 Webster]Wall \Wall\, n. [AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a
stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. ? a nail. Cf. Interval.]
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1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials,
raised to some height, and intended for defense or
security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a
field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright
inclosing parts of a building or a room.
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The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. --Dan.
v. 5.
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2. A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the
plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
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The waters were a wall unto them on their right
hand, and on their left. --Ex. xiv. 22.
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In such a night,
Troilus, methinks, mounted the Troyan walls. --Shak.
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To rush undaunted to defend the walls. --Dryden.
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3. An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls
of a steam-engine cylinder.
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4. (Mining)
(a) The side of a level or drift.
(b) The country rock bounding a vein laterally. --Raymond.
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Note: Wall is often used adjectively, and also in the
formation of compounds, usually of obvious
signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall
fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc.
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Blank wall, Blind wall, etc. See under Blank, Blind,
etc.
To drive to the wall, to bring to extremities; to push to
extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over.
To go to the wall, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the
weaker party; to be pushed to extremes.
To take the wall. to take the inner side of a walk, that
is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence.
"I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's."
--Shak.
Wall barley (Bot.), a kind of grass (Hordeum murinum)
much resembling barley; squirrel grass. See under
Squirrel.
Wall box. (Mach.) See Wall frame, below.
Wall creeper (Zool.), a small bright-colored bird
(Tichodroma muraria) native of Asia and Southern Europe.
It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of
insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing
coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red
at the base and black distally, some of them with white
spots, and the tail is blackish. Called also {spider
catcher}.
Wall cress (Bot.), a name given to several low cruciferous
herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under
Mouse-ear.
Wall frame (Mach.), a frame set in a wall to receive a
pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the
wall; -- called also wall box.
Wall fruit, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall.
Wall gecko (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
geckos which live in or about buildings and run over the
vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by means
of suckers on the feet.
Wall lizard (Zool.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
muralis}) which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks
and crevices of walls; -- called also wall newt.
Wall louse, a wood louse.
Wall moss (Bot.), any species of moss growing on walls.
Wall newt (Zool.), the wall lizard. --Shak.
Wall paper, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper
hangings.
Wall pellitory (Bot.), a European plant ({Parictaria
officinalis}) growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed
medicinal.
Wall pennywort (Bot.), a plant (Cotyledon Umbilicus)
having rounded fleshy leaves. It is found on walls in
Western Europe.
Wall pepper (Bot.), a low mosslike plant (Sedum acre)
with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and
bearing yellow flowers. It is common on walls and rocks in
Europe, and is sometimes seen in America.
Wall pie (Bot.), a kind of fern; wall rue.
Wall piece, a gun planted on a wall. --H. L. Scott.
Wall plate (Arch.), a piece of timber placed horizontally
upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like.
See Illust. of Roof.
Wall rock, granular limestone used in building walls. [U.
S.] --Bartlett.
Wall rue (Bot.), a species of small fern ({Asplenium
Ruta-muraria}) growing on walls, rocks, and the like.
Wall spring, a spring of water issuing from stratified
rocks.
Wall tent, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to
the walls of a house.
Wall wasp (Zool.), a common European solitary wasp
(Odynerus parietus) which makes its nest in the crevices
of walls.
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Parumbilical
(gcide) | Parumbilical \Par`um*bil"ic*al\, a. [Pref. para- + umbilical.]
(Anat.)
Near the umbilicus; -- applied especially to one or more
small veins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the
epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen.
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umbilic
(gcide) | Umbilic \Um*bil"ic\, n. [From L. umbilicus: cf. F. ombilic. See
Navel.]
1. The navel; the center. [Obs.] "The umbilic of the world."
--Sir T. Herbert.
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2. (Geom.) An umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5
(b) .
[1913 Webster]Umbilic \Um*bil"ic\, a. (Anat.)
See Umbilical, 1.
[1913 Webster]Umbilicus \Um`bi*li"cus\, n. [L. See Umbilic.]
1. (Anat.) 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; the belly
button, in humans.
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2. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) An ornamented or painted ball or boss
fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts
were rolled. --Dr. W. Smith.
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3. (Bot.) The hilum.
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4. (Zool.)
(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.
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5. (Geom.)
(a) One of the 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.
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Umbilical
(gcide) | Umbilical \Um*bil"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ombilical. See Umbilic,
n.]
1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical
cord; umbilic.
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2. Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] --DeFoe.
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Umbilical cord.
(a) (Anat.) The cord which connects the fetus with the
placenta, and contains the arteries and the vein
through which blood circulates between the fetus and
the placenta; the navel-string.
(b) (Bot.) The little stem by which the seeds are attached
to the placenta; -- called also funicular cord.
Umbilical hernia (Med.), hernia of the bowels at the
umbilicus.
Umbilical point (Geom.), an umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5.
Umbilical region (Anat.), the middle region of the abdomen,
bounded above by the epigastric region, below by the
hypogastric region, and on the sides by the lumbar
regions.
Umbilical vesicle (Anat.), a saccular appendage of the
developing embryo, containing the nutritive and
unsegmented part of the ovum; the yolk sac. See Illust. in
Appendix.
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umbilical cord
(gcide) | Navel-string \Na"vel-string`\, n.
The umbilical cord.
[1913 Webster]Umbilical \Um*bil"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ombilical. See Umbilic,
n.]
1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical
cord; umbilic.
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2. Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] --DeFoe.
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Umbilical cord.
(a) (Anat.) The cord which connects the fetus with the
placenta, and contains the arteries and the vein
through which blood circulates between the fetus and
the placenta; the navel-string.
(b) (Bot.) The little stem by which the seeds are attached
to the placenta; -- called also funicular cord.
Umbilical hernia (Med.), hernia of the bowels at the
umbilicus.
Umbilical point (Geom.), an umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5.
Umbilical region (Anat.), the middle region of the abdomen,
bounded above by the epigastric region, below by the
hypogastric region, and on the sides by the lumbar
regions.
Umbilical vesicle (Anat.), a saccular appendage of the
developing embryo, containing the nutritive and
unsegmented part of the ovum; the yolk sac. See Illust. in
Appendix.
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Umbilical cord
(gcide) | Navel-string \Na"vel-string`\, n.
The umbilical cord.
[1913 Webster]Umbilical \Um*bil"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ombilical. See Umbilic,
n.]
1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical
cord; umbilic.
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2. Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] --DeFoe.
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Umbilical cord.
(a) (Anat.) The cord which connects the fetus with the
placenta, and contains the arteries and the vein
through which blood circulates between the fetus and
the placenta; the navel-string.
(b) (Bot.) The little stem by which the seeds are attached
to the placenta; -- called also funicular cord.
Umbilical hernia (Med.), hernia of the bowels at the
umbilicus.
Umbilical point (Geom.), an umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5.
Umbilical region (Anat.), the middle region of the abdomen,
bounded above by the epigastric region, below by the
hypogastric region, and on the sides by the lumbar
regions.
Umbilical vesicle (Anat.), a saccular appendage of the
developing embryo, containing the nutritive and
unsegmented part of the ovum; the yolk sac. See Illust. in
Appendix.
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Umbilical hernia
(gcide) | Umbilical \Um*bil"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ombilical. See Umbilic,
n.]
1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical
cord; umbilic.
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2. Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] --DeFoe.
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Umbilical cord.
(a) (Anat.) The cord which connects the fetus with the
placenta, and contains the arteries and the vein
through which blood circulates between the fetus and
the placenta; the navel-string.
(b) (Bot.) The little stem by which the seeds are attached
to the placenta; -- called also funicular cord.
Umbilical hernia (Med.), hernia of the bowels at the
umbilicus.
Umbilical point (Geom.), an umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5.
Umbilical region (Anat.), the middle region of the abdomen,
bounded above by the epigastric region, below by the
hypogastric region, and on the sides by the lumbar
regions.
Umbilical vesicle (Anat.), a saccular appendage of the
developing embryo, containing the nutritive and
unsegmented part of the ovum; the yolk sac. See Illust. in
Appendix.
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Umbilical point
(gcide) | Umbilical \Um*bil"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ombilical. See Umbilic,
n.]
1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical
cord; umbilic.
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2. Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] --DeFoe.
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Umbilical cord.
(a) (Anat.) The cord which connects the fetus with the
placenta, and contains the arteries and the vein
through which blood circulates between the fetus and
the placenta; the navel-string.
(b) (Bot.) The little stem by which the seeds are attached
to the placenta; -- called also funicular cord.
Umbilical hernia (Med.), hernia of the bowels at the
umbilicus.
Umbilical point (Geom.), an umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5.
Umbilical region (Anat.), the middle region of the abdomen,
bounded above by the epigastric region, below by the
hypogastric region, and on the sides by the lumbar
regions.
Umbilical vesicle (Anat.), a saccular appendage of the
developing embryo, containing the nutritive and
unsegmented part of the ovum; the yolk sac. See Illust. in
Appendix.
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Umbilical region
(gcide) | Umbilical \Um*bil"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ombilical. See Umbilic,
n.]
1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical
cord; umbilic.
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2. Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] --DeFoe.
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Umbilical cord.
(a) (Anat.) The cord which connects the fetus with the
placenta, and contains the arteries and the vein
through which blood circulates between the fetus and
the placenta; the navel-string.
(b) (Bot.) The little stem by which the seeds are attached
to the placenta; -- called also funicular cord.
Umbilical hernia (Med.), hernia of the bowels at the
umbilicus.
Umbilical point (Geom.), an umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5.
Umbilical region (Anat.), the middle region of the abdomen,
bounded above by the epigastric region, below by the
hypogastric region, and on the sides by the lumbar
regions.
Umbilical vesicle (Anat.), a saccular appendage of the
developing embryo, containing the nutritive and
unsegmented part of the ovum; the yolk sac. See Illust. in
Appendix.
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Umbilical vesicle
(gcide) | Umbilical \Um*bil"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ombilical. See Umbilic,
n.]
1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical
cord; umbilic.
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2. Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] --DeFoe.
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Umbilical cord.
(a) (Anat.) The cord which connects the fetus with the
placenta, and contains the arteries and the vein
through which blood circulates between the fetus and
the placenta; the navel-string.
(b) (Bot.) The little stem by which the seeds are attached
to the placenta; -- called also funicular cord.
Umbilical hernia (Med.), hernia of the bowels at the
umbilicus.
Umbilical point (Geom.), an umbilicus. See Umbilicus, 5.
Umbilical region (Anat.), the middle region of the abdomen,
bounded above by the epigastric region, below by the
hypogastric region, and on the sides by the lumbar
regions.
Umbilical vesicle (Anat.), a saccular appendage of the
developing embryo, containing the nutritive and
unsegmented part of the ovum; the yolk sac. See Illust. in
Appendix.
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Umbilicaria Dillenii
(gcide) | Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
rocc.]
1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
stone or crag. See Stone.
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Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
support; a refuge.
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The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
2.
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4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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5. (Zool.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
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Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
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Rock alum. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
rock.] Same as Roche alum.
Rock barnacle (Zool.), a barnacle (Balanus balanoides)
very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
Rock bass. (Zool.)
(a) The stripped bass. See under Bass.
(b) The goggle-eye.
(c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
rock bass.
Rock builder (Zool.), any species of animal whose remains
contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the
corals and Foraminifera.
Rock butter (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
slate.
Rock candy, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
Rock cavy. (Zool.) See Moco.
Rock cod (Zool.)
(a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
found about rocks andledges.
(b) A California rockfish.
Rock cook. (Zool.)
(a) A European wrasse (Centrolabrus exoletus).
(b) A rockling.
Rock cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
Rock crab (Zool.), any one of several species of large
crabs of the genus C, as the two species of the New
England coast (Cancer irroratus and Cancer borealis).
See Illust. under Cancer.
Rock cress (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
kind found on rocks, as Arabis petraea, Arabis lyrata,
etc.
Rock crystal (Min.), limpid quartz. See Quartz, and under
Crystal.
Rock dove (Zool.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
doo}.
Rock drill, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
drilling holes for blasting, etc.
Rock duck (Zool.), the harlequin duck.
Rock eel. (Zool.) See Gunnel.
Rock goat (Zool.), a wild goat, or ibex.
Rock hopper (Zool.), a penguin of the genus Catarractes.
See under Penguin.
Rock kangaroo. (Zool.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale.
Rock lobster (Zool.), any one of several species of large
spinose lobsters of the genera Panulirus and
Palinurus. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
lobster}, and sea crayfish.
Rock meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
occuring as an efflorescence.
Rock milk. (Min.) See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.
Rock moss, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See Cudbear.
Rock oil. See Petroleum.
Rock parrakeet (Zool.), a small Australian parrakeet
(Euphema petrophila), which nests in holes among the
rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
green.
Rock pigeon (Zool.), the wild pigeon (Columba livia) Of
Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
derived. See Illust. under Pigeon.
Rock pipit. (Zool.) See the Note under Pipit.
Rock plover. (Zool.)
(a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
(b) The rock snipe.
Rock ptarmigan (Zool.), an arctic American ptarmigan
(Lagopus rupestris), which in winter is white, with the
tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
patches on the back.
Rock rabbit (Zool.), the hyrax. See Cony, and Daman.
Rock ruby (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
Rock salt (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
from sea water in large basins or cavities.
Rock seal (Zool.), the harbor seal. See Seal.
Rock shell (Zool.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
allied genera.
Rock snake (Zool.), any one of several large pythons; as,
the royal rock snake (Python regia) of Africa, and the
rock snake of India (Python molurus). The Australian
rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus Morelia.
Rock snipe (Zool.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}); -- called also rock bird, rock plover,
winter snipe.
Rock soap (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
feel, and adhering to the tongue.
Rock sparrow. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
the genus Petronia, as Petronia stulla, of Europe.
(b) A North American sparrow (Pucaea ruficeps).
Rock tar, petroleum.
Rock thrush (Zool.), any Old World thrush of the genus
Monticola, or Petrocossyphus; as, the European rock
thrush (Monticola saxatilis), and the blue rock thrush
of India (Monticola cyaneus), in which the male is blue
throughout.
Rock tripe (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
of extremity.
Rock trout (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Hexagrammus, family Chiradae,
native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea
trout}, boregat, bodieron, and starling.
Rock warbler (Zool.), a small Australian singing bird
(Origma rubricata) which frequents rocky ravines and
water courses; -- called also cataract bird.
Rock wren (Zool.), any one of several species of wrens of
the genus Salpinctes, native of the arid plains of Lower
California and Mexico.
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Umbilicate
(gcide) | Umbilicate \Um*bil"i*cate\, Umbilicated \Um*bil"i*ca`ted\, a.
[L. umbilicatus. See Umbilic.]
(a) Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower,
fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as,
an umbilicated smallpox vesicle.
(b) (Bot.) Supported by a stalk at the central point.
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Umbilicated
(gcide) | Umbilicate \Um*bil"i*cate\, Umbilicated \Um*bil"i*ca`ted\, a.
[L. umbilicatus. See Umbilic.]
(a) Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower,
fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as,
an umbilicated smallpox vesicle.
(b) (Bot.) Supported by a stalk at the central point.
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Umbilication
(gcide) | Umbilication \Um*bil"i*ca"tion\, n.
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.
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Umbilicus
(gcide) | Umbilicus \Um`bi*li"cus\, n. [L. See Umbilic.]
1. (Anat.) 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; the belly
button, in humans.
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2. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) An ornamented or painted ball or boss
fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts
were rolled. --Dr. W. Smith.
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3. (Bot.) The hilum.
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4. (Zool.)
(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.
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5. (Geom.)
(a) One of the 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.
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paraumbilical vein
(wn) | paraumbilical vein
n 1: small veins arising in skin around the navel; terminate as
accessory portal veins [syn: paraumbilical vein, {vena
paraumbilicalis}] |
umbilical
(wn) | umbilical
adj 1: relating to or resembling the umbilicus; "umbilical cord"
n 1: membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
[syn: umbilical cord, umbilical] |
umbilical cord
(wn) | umbilical cord
n 1: membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
[syn: umbilical cord, umbilical] |
umbilical hernia
(wn) | umbilical hernia
n 1: protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in
the abdominal wall near the navel; usually self correcting
after birth [syn: umbilical hernia, omphalocele] |
umbilical vein
(wn) | umbilical vein
n 1: a vein in the umbilical cord; returns nutrient blood from
the placenta to the fetus [syn: umbilical vein, {vena
umbilicalis}] |
umbilical vesicle
(wn) | umbilical vesicle
n 1: membranous structure that functions as the circulatory
system in mammalian embryos until the heart becomes
functional [syn: yolk sac, vitelline sac, {umbilical
vesicle}, vesicula umbilicus] |
umbilicate
(wn) | umbilicate
adj 1: depressed like a navel |
umbilicus
(wn) | umbilicus
n 1: a scar where the umbilical cord was attached; "you were not
supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued
whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just
above her bellybutton" [syn: navel, umbilicus,
bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalus] |
vena paraumbilicalis
(wn) | vena paraumbilicalis
n 1: small veins arising in skin around the navel; terminate as
accessory portal veins [syn: paraumbilical vein, {vena
paraumbilicalis}] |
vena umbilicalis
(wn) | vena umbilicalis
n 1: a vein in the umbilical cord; returns nutrient blood from
the placenta to the fetus [syn: umbilical vein, {vena
umbilicalis}] |
vesicula umbilicus
(wn) | vesicula umbilicus
n 1: membranous structure that functions as the circulatory
system in mammalian embryos until the heart becomes
functional [syn: yolk sac, vitelline sac, {umbilical
vesicle}, vesicula umbilicus] |
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