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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hernia in which part of the intestine protrudes through the abdominal wall under the skin in the region of the navel.
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- noun pathology A
hernia at the site of theumbilicus .
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- noun protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel; usually self correcting after birth
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