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navel
noun
1
informal belly button, tummy button;
technical umbilicus.
2 Cyprus was the navel of Byzantine culture:
centre, central point, middle, midpoint, hub, nub, focal point, focus, pivot, nucleus, heart, core, eye;
rare omphalos.
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umbilical relating to the navel
omphalo- related prefix, as in omphalocele
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