(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:34:51

Om`pha*lot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. ; the navel + to cut: cf. F. omphalotomie.] Surg.

The operation of dividing the navel-string.

 

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