English Dictionary

umbilicus

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌʌmˈbɪlɪkəs/

名詞

廃用 歴史的

(anatomy) navel / (botany) hilum / (zoology) A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells. / (zoology) Either of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.

日本語の意味

臍（へそ）: 解剖学における、おへその意味。 / ヒルム: 植物学で、種子の付着部に見られる痕跡を指す。 / らせん状の貝殻において、基部中央のへこみまたは開口部を意味する（動物学の定義）。 / 羽毛のカラマス（羽軸部）にある二つの開口部のいずれかを指す（動物学の定義）。

The surgeon examined the umbilicus for signs of infection before closing the incision.

外科医は縫合する前にへそに感染の兆候がないか調べた。

意味（1）

(anatomy) navel

意味（2）

(botany) hilum

意味（3）

(zoology) A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.

意味（4）

(zoology) Either of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.

意味（5）

(space science) A tube connecting an astronaut or spacecraft to the mothership, through which supplies and samples can be transferred.

The importance of the visual analyzer is further increased when the cosmonaut is in free space with only the slight support of an umbilicus.

意味（6）

(geometry, obsolete) One of the foci of an ellipse or other curve.

意味（7）

(geometry) A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other.

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

意味（8）

(historical) An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.

The ends of the umbilicus were called cornua (i.e. horns) in Latin, and were usually adorned with some pretty device

umbilici （ plural ）

umbilicuses （ plural ）