Navel vs Omphalocele - What's the difference?
navel | omphalocele |
(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
The central part or point of anything; the middle.
(historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
As nouns the difference between navel and omphalocele
is that navel is (anatomy) the indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth while omphalocele is a hernia of the navel.navel
English
(wikipedia navel)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Within the navel of this hideous wood, / Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. — Milton.