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"you were not supposed to show your navel on television" "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"nouna scar where the umbilical cord was attached
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"the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe"nounthe center point or middle of something
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Definition that contains navel
- bellyband a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed)
- acromphalus abnormal protrusion of the navel; sometimes the start of umbilical hernia
- vena paraumbilicalis small veins arising in skin around the navel; terminate as accessory portal veins
- omphalocele protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel; usually self correcting after birth
- navel-gazing literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption
- omphaloskepsis literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption
- paraumbilical vein small veins arising in skin around the navel; terminate as accessory portal veins
- umbilicate depressed like a navel
- umbilical hernia protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel; usually self correcting after birth