Umbilical+cord
31umbilical cord — noun (C) a long narrow tube of flesh that joins an unborn baby to its mother …
32umbilical cord — the strand of tissue connecting the fetus to the placenta. It contains two arteries that carry blood to the placenta and one vein that returns it to the fetus. It also contains remnants of the allantois and yolk sac and becomes ensheathed by the… …
33umbilical cord — [ʌmˈbɪlɪk(ə)l ˌkɔːd] noun [C] a tube that connects a baby to its mother before it is born …
34Percutaneous umbilical cord blood sampling — PUBS redirects here. For other uses, see PUB (disambiguation). Percutaneous umbilical cord blood sampling Intervention MeSH D017218 Percutaneous umbilical cord blood sampling (PUBS), also called cordocentesis, is a diagnostic …
35cut the umbilical cord — cut the (umbilical) cord to end support of someone or something, esp. financial support. He needs to cut the umbilical cord, get away and find his own place in the world. By criticizing his party so strongly, he cut the cord and now has to raise… …
36cut the umbilical cord — cut/sever/the umbilical cord informal phrase to stop depending on another person or organization for help and support Thesaurus: to do something without helpsynonym Main entry …
37sever the umbilical cord — cut/sever/the umbilical cord informal phrase to stop depending on another person or organization for help and support Thesaurus: to do something without helpsynonym Main entry …
38Holy Umbilical Cord — The Holy Umbilical Cord is a first order Catholic relic (that which is composed of a body part) of Christ. Christian teaching generally states that Christ was assumed into heaven corporeally. Therefore the only parts of his body available for… …
39Cord blood — Umbilical cord blood is blood that remains in the placenta and in the attached umbilical cord after childbirth. Cord blood is collected because it contains stem cells which can be used to treat hematopoietic and genetic disorders. Contents 1… …
40Umbilical — Um*bil ic*al, a. [Cf. F. ombilical. See {Umbilic}, n.] 1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to the center; central. [R.] De Foe. [1913 Webster] {Umbilical cord}. (a) (Anat.) The… …
