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Definition of Navel

1. Noun. A scar where the umbilical cord was attached. "She had a tattoo just above her bellybutton"

2. Noun. The center point or middle of something. "The Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe"

Definition of Navel

1. n. A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus.

Definition of Navel

1. Noun. (anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth. ¹

2. Noun. The central part or point of anything; the middle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Navel

1. a depression in the abdomen [n -S]

Medical Definition of Navel

1. 1. A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus. 2. The central part or point of anything; the middle. "Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells." (Milton) 3. An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage. Navel gall, a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle. Navel point. Same as Nombril. Origin: AS. Nafela, fr. Nafu nave; akin to D. Navel, G. Nabel, OHG. Nabolo, Icel. Nafli, Dan. Navle, Sw. Nafle, L. Umbilicus, Gr, Skr. Nbhila. 260. See Nave hub, and cf. Omphalic, Nombril, Umbilical. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Navel

navalisms navally navals navar navarch navarchs navarchy navarho navarhos navarin

navarins navars navbar navbars nave navel (current term) navel-gazing navel-string navel orange navel point

naveless navelike navels navelwort navelworts naves navette navettes navew navews

Literary usage of Navel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The California Fruits and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods which Have by Edward James Wickson (1921)
"There is much tendency to variation in the Washington navel, and sub- varieties are ... The first to become prominent of these is Thomson's Improved navel, ..."

2. The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced from an by William Churchill (1911)
"With this should be included the general Polynesian pito navel. Samoa, which has pute for navel, uses pito only in the sense of the end of a thing and ..."

3. A Treatise on the diseases and physical education of children by John Eberle (1857)
"This may arise from irritation occasioned by rude management m washing and dressing the navel, before the cord has been thrown off; or it may be the result ..."

4. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1897)
"This appearance is particularly observable in those cases in which the navel- ... are the following:— Strangulation by the navel-string can, of course, ..."

5. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1892)
"At the inner navel ring there are found irregular openings about \\ cm. in ... Similar material covers the peritoneum in the neighbourhood of the navel. ..."

6. Citrus Fruits and Their Culture by H. Harold Hume (1911)
"More recently a variety of navel orange known as Surprise has been brought forward ... Regarding the first mention of the navel orange in citrus literature. ..."

7. Culture of the Citrus in California by Byron Martin Lelong, California State Board of Horticulture (1902)
"WASHINGTON navel.—This variety is the most widely known and is properly ... The name "Washington navel" was applied to this variety in California, ..."

8. Obstetrics, the science and the art by Charles Delucena Meigs (1867)
"Pouting of the navel.—The navel in the non-gravid woman is a deep depression or dimple. This depression is caused by the contraction or shortening of the ..."

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