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What is the noun for umbilici?

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umbilicus
  1. (anatomy) navel
  2. (botany) hilum
  3. (zoology) A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.
  4. (zoology) Either of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.
  5. (space science) A tube connecting an astronaut or spacecraft to the mothership, through which supplies and samples can be transferred.
  6. (geometry, obsolete) One of the foci of an ellipse or other curve.
  7. (geometry) A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other.
  8. (historical) An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.
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  10. Examples:
    1. “Waist and hip girths were measured standing, at the level of the umbilicus and the level of maximal gluteal protrusion, respectively.”
      “The umbilicus was relocated, defatted and sutured with 4-0 PDS sutures at the 2, 4, 8 and 10 o'clock positions to create an innie.”
      “After birth, it is represented by the median umbilical ligament, which extends from the dome or anterior wall of the bladder to the umbilicus.”
umbilic
  1. The navel; the center.
  2. (geometry) An umbilicus.
umbilical
  1. (astronautics) A cord connecting an astronaut to a spacecraft or the like.
umbilici
  1. plural of umbilicus
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Navel, also called umbilicus, plural umbilici, or umbilicuses, in anatomy, a small depression in the abdominal wall at the point of attachment of the umbilical cord.”
      “Because they wouldn't let him die, why not let him stay that way, in his morphine-padded womb, with his various and light umbilici.”
umbilicals
  1. plural of umbilical
umbilicuses
umbilics
  1. plural of umbilic
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