Par`um*bil"ic*al (?), a. [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.
© Webster 1913.
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