pseudoumbilical
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Umbilical in the direction of the mean curvature vector field everywhere.
adj
Having the appearance or some of the properties of a navel (umbilicus) or an umbilical cord.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "A pseudoumbilical hernia is generally present but contains no gut ; true inguinal hernia is not uncommon."
- "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)."
- "A shallow pseudoumbilical depression is discernible close to the free edge of the columellar callus."