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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] the navel +

τέμνειν

to cut: cf. F.

omphalotomie

(Surg.)

The operation of dividing the navel-string.

Noun.

[Gr. the navel, and to cut.]

The operation of dividing the navel string.

omphalotomy ‎(uncountable)