Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the neighborhood of the umbilicus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Near the
umbilicus ; applied especially to one or more smallveins which, inhuman beings , connect theportal vein with theepigastric veins in the front wall of theabdomen .
Etymologies
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para- + umbilical
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Examples
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In the course of the ligamentum teres of the liver and of the middle umbilical ligament, small veins (parumbilical) are found which establish an anastomosis between the veins of the anterior abdominal wall and the portal, hypogastric, and iliac veins.
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Its base or free edge contains between its layers the round ligament and the parumbilical veins.
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