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pseudoumbilical en · ADJ

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Etymology

From pseudo- + umbilical.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Umbilical in the direction of the mean curvature vector field everywhere.
   • We also characterize the pseudoumbilical ones in terms of soliton curves for the inverse curve shortening flow and minimal Legendrian immersions in odd-dimensional spheres. 2015, Ildefonso Castro, Ana M. Lerma, “Homothetic solitons for the inverse mean curvature flow”, in arXiv:
2. (not-comparable) Having the appearance or some of the properties of a navel (umbilicus) or an umbilical cord.
   • At this stage (similar to pl. 2, figs. 6-7), the coiling becomes increasingly ventrally directed with the clear onset of Streptospirality, and the aperture, as it increases in height, becomes, in part, pseudoumbilical (i. e., its inner portion lies over a developing umbilical depression). 1940, Catalogue of Foraminifera - Volume 118:
   • A pseudoumbilical hernia is generally present but contains no gut ; true inguinal hernia is not uncommon. 1905, Hubert Richardson, The thyroid and parathyroid glands, page 157:
   • A shallow pseudoumbilical depression is discernible close to the free edge of the columellar callus. 1969, Kyūshū Daigaku, Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University: Geology:

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