• (a.) Near the umbilicus; -- applied especially to one or more small veins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen.
(par″әm-bil´ĭ-kәl) periumbilical.
Par`um·bil'ic·al adjective [ Prefix para- + umbilical .] (Anat.) Near the umbilicus; -- applied especially to one or more small veins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: par′ŭm-bil′i-kăl Synonyms: paraumbilical
Parumbilical: Near the umbilicus (the 'belly button'). The parumbilical veins are small veins in the front wall of the abdomen near the umbilicus.