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]