Also in mod.L. form exomphalus. [Gr. ἐξόμφαλος, f. ἐξ out + ὄμφαλος navel.] (See quots.)
1754–64. Smellie, Midwif., I. 423. This compression must be continued for some time in order to prevent an Exomphalus, or rupture at the navel.
1842. Dunglison, Med. Lex. (ed. 3), Exomphalus.
1878. T. Bryant, Pract. Surg., I. 647. An umbilical hernia or exomphalos is a protrusion at the navel.
