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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel; usually self correcting after birth;
[syn: umbilical hernia, omphalocele]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Omphalocele \Om"pha*lo*cele`\, n. [Gr. ? the navel + ? a tumor: cf. F. omphaloc['e]le.] (Med.) A hernia at the navel. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

omphalocele n 1: protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel; usually self correcting after birth [syn: umbilical hernia, omphalocele]