umbilical

1. 1.

   relating to or resembling the umbilicus

   “umbilical cord”

Other forms of umbilical

plural

umbilicals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about umbilical

What does umbilical mean?

umbilical means "membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in umbilical?

umbilical has 4 syllables: um-bil-i-cal. The stress falls on "bil". In IPA it is /əmˈbɪlɪkəl/.

What is another word for umbilical?

Close synonyms include umbilical cord. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is umbilical a common word?

umbilical is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.