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wharton's jelly

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Main Entry: Wharton's jelly
Function: noun
: a soft connective tissue that occurs in the umbilical cord and consists of large stellate fibroblasts and a few wanderingcells and macrophages embedded in a homogeneous jellylike intercellular substance
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Wharton's jelly n.
The mucous connective tissue of the umbilical cord.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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