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perifunicular

perifunicular adjective: surrounding the navel or the umbilical cord.

Adjective

perifunicular (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding the navel or the umbilical cord

Origin of perifunicular

From peri- + funicular.

Questions about perifunicular

What does perifunicular mean?
Perifunicular means surrounding the navel or the umbilical cord.
What part of speech is perifunicular?
Perifunicular is an adjective.

Words near perifunicular in the dictionary

  1. perifovea
  2. perifoveal
  3. perifoveas
  4. perifulcrum
  5. perifungal
  6. perifunicular
  7. perifusate
  8. perifusates
  9. perifused
  10. perifusion
  11. perifusions

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