umbilication

American  

[uhm-bil-i-key-shuhn] / ʌmˌbɪl ɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. a central navellike depression.

2. an umbilicate condition or formation.

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umbilication British  

/ ʌmˌbɪlɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

1. biology anatomy a navel-like notch or depression, as in the centre of a vesicle

2. the condition of being umbilicated

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Etymology

Origin of umbilication

First recorded in 1870–75; umbilic(us) + -ation

Example Sentences

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umbilication

This umbilication in the vesicular stage is somewhat peculiar.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Eventually, it too, as a result of the maceration and tension incidental to the complete filling of the pock with pus-elements, is ruptured or stretched, and the umbilication of the pustule disappears.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Empty cells becoming confluent, vesicular by incurvation of the circular margin, forming a deep and round umbilication.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

Early in their career an apicial depression can be seen, which later deepens into a characteristic umbilication.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The umbilication of the mature pock is doubtless due to the situation of such lesions at the orifices of the excretory ducts of the skin-glands.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various