0 the small, round part in the middle of the belly that is left after the umbilical cord (= the long tube of flesh joining the baby to its mother) has been cut at birth:
Lesions begin on the lower abdomen within striae but sparing the umbilicus.
Ultrasound diagnosis is based on the demonstration of free-oating loops of intestine next to a normally sited umbilicus.
It classically affects the -exures with small sterile pustules on an erythematous base and then spreads to involve the umbilicus and trunk, often with systemic upset.
Pemphigoid gestationis with an urticated plaque of erythema showing accentuation around the umbilicus.
That is what we are talking about; we are not talking about a silver ring in an umbilicus.
The glass entered near the umbilicus and penetrated through to sever some of the nerves as they emerged from her spinal cord.
The umbilicus is used to visually separate the abdomen into quadrants.
Those of the more central cord are smaller, and the innermost two are strongly beaded, the inner one borders the umbilicus.
