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Om"pha*cine (?), a. [Gr. &?;, from &?;
an unripe grape or olive: cf.F. omphacin.] Of, pertaining
to, or expressed from, unripe fruit; as, omphacine
oil.

Om*phal"ic, a. [Gr. &?; having a boss,
bossy, fr. &?; the navel. See Navel.] (Anat.) Of
or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.

Om"pha*lo- (?). [Gr. &?; the navel.] A combining
form indicating connection with, or relation to, the
umbilicus, or navel.

Om"pha*lo*cele` (?), n. [Gr. &?; the
navel + &?; a tumor: cf.F. omphalocéle.] (Med.)
A hernia at the navel.

Om"pha*lode (?), n. [Omphalo- +
Gr. &?; form.] (Bot.) The central part of the hilum of a
seed, through which the nutrient vessels pass into the rhaphe or the
chalaza; -- called also omphalodium.

Om"pha*lo*man"cy (?), n. [Omphalo-
+ -mancy.] Divination by means of a child's navel,
to learn how many children the mother may have.
Crabb.


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