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umbilical cord
noun
- Anatomy. a cord or funicle connecting the embryo or fetus with the placenta of the mother and transporting nourishment from the mother and wastes from the fetus.
- any electrical, fuel, or other cable or connection for servicing, operating, or testing equipment, as in a rocket or missile, that is disconnected from the equipment at completion.
- Aerospace Slang. a strong lifeline by which an astronaut on a spacewalk is connected to the vehicle and supplied with air, a communication system, etc.
umbilical cord
noun
- the long flexible tubelike structure connecting a fetus with the placenta: it provides a means of metabolic interchange with the mother
- any flexible cord, tube, or cable used to transfer information, power, oxygen, etc, as between an astronaut walking in space and his spacecraft or a deep-sea diver and his craft
umbilical cord
/ ŭm-bĭl′ĭ-kəl /
- The flexible cord that attaches an embryo or fetus to the placenta. The umbilical cord contains blood vessels that supply nutrients and oxygen to the fetus and remove its wastes, including carbon dioxide.
umbilical cord
- A ropelike structure that connects a developing embryo or fetus to the placenta . The umbilical cord contains the blood vessels that supply the embryo or fetus with nutrients and remove waste products. Connected to the abdomen of the embryo or fetus, the umbilical cord is cut at birth, leaving a small depression — the navel, or “belly button.”
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Example Sentences
They hold signs depicting a fetus with a hanging umbilical cord.
She tried, says Schreiber, “to cut the umbilical cord to her parents mainly by way of entrance into high culture.”
Since I was an aspiring actor from the severing of my umbilical cord, his thoughts were particularly interesting to me.
The length of the umbilical cord is from eighteen to twenty-four inches, its diameter about half an inch.
A careful examination should also be made round the neck, to see if the umbilical cord is around it.
The umbilical cord, as Marx said, which connects the individual consciousness with the collective consciousness is cut.
It has been thought that the blood of the mother passes into the body of the fœtus, by means of the placenta and umbilical cord.
Only through her blood can the mother influence the child, since the Umbilical Cord contains no nerves.
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