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navel
(redirected from Belly button)

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navel
the scar in the centre of the abdomen, usually forming a slight depression, where the umbilical cord was attached

navel [′nā·vəl]
(anatomy)
The umbilicus.


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It''s when we feel deficient in the belly button department, either because ours is too small, too big or even non-existent, that our navel-gazing turns to neurosis.
Byline: ANI Washington, Sep 15 (ANI): Using a pioneering technology, surgeons at The Methodist Hospital in Houston are removing gall bladders through a single incision in the belly button to prevent scarring for patients with gall stones.
Haris Rashid, Consultant Laparoscopic Surgeon at the Hospital performed the surgery, Scarless surgery is a latest revolutionary technique known as single incision laparoscopic key-hole surgery, which allows for minimally invasive surgical access to internal organs through a single incision in the belly button that leaves no visible traces of a scar, Dr.
 
 
 
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