umbilical cord
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.
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How to use umbilical cord in a sentence
After the delivery, the doctors discovered that Leighton had suffered from two knots in her umbilical cord.
What umbilical cord tests can and can’t tell us about stillbirths | Purbita Saha | July 8, 2021 | Popular-ScienceAll are currently insufficient, according to Bukowski, who says there is not even enough research to even conclude how frequently any umbilical cord accidents—let alone the more controversial ones—contribute to stillbirth.
What umbilical cord tests can and can’t tell us about stillbirths | Purbita Saha | July 8, 2021 | Popular-ScienceCollins maintains that enough research exists, in both humans and other mammals, to support routine screening for umbilical cord abnormalities.
What umbilical cord tests can and can’t tell us about stillbirths | Purbita Saha | July 8, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe condition can result when the umbilical cord is wrapped around a baby’s neck or when a mother’s uterus ruptures.
When Births Go Horribly Wrong, Florida Protects Doctors and Forces Families to Pay the Price | by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald | April 8, 2021 | ProPublicaAt just over 33 weeks into the pregnancy, the smaller fetus’s umbilical cord wasn’t functioning normally, which started to impact the baby’s growth.
Woman gets pregnant while already pregnant, gives birth to twins conceived 3 weeks apart | Sydney Page | April 8, 2021 | Washington Post
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.
Evolution in Modern Thought | Ernst HaeckelIt has been thought that the blood of the mother passes into the body of the fœtus, by means of the placenta and umbilical cord.
Buffon's Natural History, Volume III (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de BuffonOnly through her blood can the mother influence the child, since the umbilical cord contains no nerves.
Sex | Henry Stanton
British Dictionary definitions for umbilical cord
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
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Scientific definitions for 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.
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Cultural definitions for umbilical cord
[ (um-bil-i-kuhl) ]
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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