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Webster 1913 Edition


Parumbilical

Parˊum-bil′ic-al

,
Adj.
[Pref.
para-
+
umbilical
.]
(Anat.)
Near the umbilicus; – applied especially to one or more small veins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen.