Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hernia at the navel; an umbilical hernia.
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- noun an umbilical hernia at birth in which some abdominal organs push into the umbilical cord
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` ` Then follow five instances of genital abnormalities (Nos. 32-36), consisting of absence of the penis (epispadias?), absence of penis and umbilicus (epispadias and exomphalos?), hermaphroditism, imperforate anus, and nondescent of one testicle.
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