umbilical cord
noun
1
a
: a cord arising from the navel that connects the fetus with the placenta and through which respiratory gases, nutrients, and wastes pass
b
2
: a tethering or supply line (as for an astronaut outside a spacecraft or a diver underwater)
3
: a necessary, supportive, or nurturing link or connection
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Hamida discovers the newborn still attached to her corpse by umbilical cord and saves him, breastfeeding and caring for the infant as her own.
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JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Her umbilical cord was still attached, FOX 5 New York reported.
—Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
She is born with her umbilical cord around her neck and does not survive.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
That's why researchers were particularly interested in one 2019 study in the journal JAMA Psychiatry that made objective measurements of drug levels in umbilical cord blood in nearly a thousand mother-and-child pairs.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Her umbilical cord was still attached, FOX 5 New York reported.
—Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
She is born with her umbilical cord around her neck and does not survive.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
That's why researchers were particularly interested in one 2019 study in the journal JAMA Psychiatry that made objective measurements of drug levels in umbilical cord blood in nearly a thousand mother-and-child pairs.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for umbilical cord
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“Umbilical cord.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/umbilical%20cord. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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