˜yÐÄvlog

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umbilication

[ uhm-bil-i-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a central navellike depression.
  2. an umbilicate condition or formation.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of umbilication1

First recorded in 1870–75; umbilic(us) + -ation
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Example Sentences

Empty cells becoming confluent, vesicular by incurvation of the circular margin, forming a deep and round umbilication.

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Early in their career an apicial depression can be seen, which later deepens into a characteristic umbilication.

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This umbilication in the vesicular stage is somewhat peculiar.

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It is pea-sized and globular in shape; its umbilication has been usually quite removed by the complete filling of its chamber with distinctly purulent contents; it is often surrounded by a halo due to hyper�mia or exudation; and, the total number of individual lesions being then fairly determined, it is often closely set against its fellows, islets of unaffected integument having meantime become fewer and more contracted.

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Others desiccate en masse, the roof-wall first collapsing upon the contents, thus producing an appearance which again suggests umbilication of the lesions.

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