EXOMPHALOS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An umbilical hernia at birth in which some abdominal organs push into the umbilical cord

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("exomphalos" is a kind of...):

hernia; herniation (rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes)

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