This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
umbilication
[ uhm-bil-i-key-shuhn ]
/ ʌmˌbɪl ɪˈkeɪ ʃən /
Save This Word!
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
noun
a central navellike depression.
an umbilicate condition or formation.
QUIZ
ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?
We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.
Question 1 of 8
Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?
Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing
Origin of umbilication
First recorded in 1870–75; umbilic(us) + -ation
Words nearby umbilication
umbilical region, umbilical ring, umbilical vein, umbilical vesicle, umbilicate, umbilication, umbilicus, umbiliform, umble pie, umbles, umbo
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
How to use umbilication in a sentence
Early in their career an apicial depression can be seen, which later deepens into a characteristic umbilication.
Umbilication rapidly occurs at the apex, and simultaneously their contents become lactescent and gradually sero-purulent.
This umbilication in the vesicular stage is somewhat peculiar.
British Dictionary definitions for umbilication
umbilication
/ (ʌmˌbɪlɪˈkeɪʃən) /
noun
biology anatomy a navel-like notch or depression, as in the centre of a vesicle
the condition of being umbilicated
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Medical definitions for umbilication
umbilication
[ ŭm-bĭl′ĭ-kā′shən ]
n.
A pit or navellike depression.
Formation of a depression at the apex of a papule, vesicle, or pustule.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.