【医】 脐孔

[ noun ]
a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
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you were not supposed to show your navel on televisionthey argued whether or not Adam had a navel
she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton

Navel \Na"vel\ (n[=a]"v'l), n. [AS. nafela, fr. nafu nave; akin
to D. navel, G. nabel, OHG. nabolo, Icel. nafli, Dan. navle,
Sw. nafle, L. umbilicus, Gr. 'omfalo`s, Skr. n[=a]bh[=i]la.
[root]260. See {Nave} hub, and cf. {Omphalic}, {Nombril},
{Umbilical}.]
1. (Anat.) A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen;
the umbilicus; called also {belly button} in humans. See
{Umbilicus}.

2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.

Within the navel of this hideous wood,
Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells.
--Milton.

3. (Gun.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for
securing it to a carriage.

{Navel gall}, a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of
a horse, behind the saddle. --Johnson.

{Navel point}. (Her.) Same as {Nombril}.


bellybutton \bel"ly*but`ton\, belly button \bel"ly but`ton\, n.
The depression in the middle of the abdomen in humans left as
a residue of the umbilical cord; the umbilicus; the navel[1].
[PJC]