umbilication

English

Etymology

From Latin umbilicatus. By surface analysis, umbilic- +‎ -ation.

Noun

umbilication (plural umbilications)

  1. A small, navel-shaped depression, or dimple, at the centre of a rounded body.
    papillary umbilications
    the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle
    umbilication of a pustule

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