Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Anatomy The flexible cordlike structure connecting a fetus at the abdomen with the placenta and containing two umbilical arteries and one vein that transport nourishment to the fetus and remove its wastes.
- n. Something likened to this structure; a source or means of support or sustenance: "All the umbilical cords of dependency still exist because the public wants them” ( David A. Stockman).
- n. Aerospace Any of various external electrical lines or fluid tubes that supply a rocket before launch.
- n. Aerospace The line that supplies an astronaut with oxygen and in some cases with communications while outside the spacecraft.
Wiktionary
- n. anatomy The flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; which transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste.
- n. aerospace The line that supplies an astronaut with oxygen and communications when outside a spacecraft
- n. aerospace any of the various lines connecting a rocket to its launch pad before liftoff
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Anat.), (Bot.) The little stem by which the seeds are attached to the placenta; -- called also
funicular cord .
WordNet 3.0
- n. membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
Examples
“She helped Nezzie with the afterbirth, then turned the infant over and tied the umbilical cord in two places with the pieces of red-dyed sinew she had prepared.”
“There, lying between her legs was a newly-born infant, the umbilical cord and afterbirth still attached.”
“She brought her first and second fingers together in a snipping motion, simulating the cutting of the umbilical cord of magic that sustained Kahlan's life.”
“` ` Some peculiar customs are observed with regard to the after-birth: the umbilical cord is severed from the placenta, wrapped in several thicknesses of white paper, then in a paper containing the father's and mother's names in full.”
“I placed it and the afterbirth and umbilical cord on the bed just as Daddy opened the door and stepped back into the room.”
““Body Burden—The Pollution in Newborns: A benchmark investigation of industrial chemicals, pollutants and pesticides in umbilical cord blood,” executive summary, Environmental Working Group, 2005 ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2execsumm.php.”
“Iza tied a red-dyed piece of sinew around the newborn's umbilical cord and bit off the rest.”
“Ebra tied a piece of red-dyed sinew around the umbilical cord and bit off the part still attached to the placental mass, then lifted the baby for Iza to see.”
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