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umbilical definition

um·bili·cal (um bil′i kəl)

adjective

  1. of or like an umbilicus, or navel, or an umbilical cord
  2. situated at or near the navel; central to the abdomen
  3. linked together by or as if by an umbilical cord

Etymology: ML umbilicalis

noun

  1. a flexible, detachable cable serving as a tether or supplying oxygen, electric power, etc. as to an astronaut or aquanaut
  2. any detachable cables, hoses, etc. connected to a rocket, etc. on its launch pad

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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