English-Finnish translations for umbilicus

• napa
  taivaannapa
  pyörän napa
  Rinnankytkennässä samanmerkkiset navat yhdistetään keskenään.

Definition of umbilicus

• navel
• A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells
• A tube connecting an astronaut or spacecraft to the mothership, through which supplies and samples can be transferred
• One of the foci of an ellipse or other curve
• An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled

Examples

• A sphere may be osculatory to the surface in every direction at an umbilicus.

Related words

• umbilical
• umbilicate
• periumbilical
• neoumbilicoplasty
• paraumbilical
• umbilical cord
• umbilical hernia
• umbilical nonserverance
• umbilical cable