Umbilical+cord
81cord — n. any long flexible structure, which may be solid or tubular. Examples include the spermatic cord, spinal cord, umbilical cord, and vocal cord …
82umbilical — I. adjective Date: 1541 1. of, relating to, or used at the navel 2. of or relating to the central region of the abdomen 3. being a necessary or nurturing link or connection < the town s umbilical rail line > II. noun Date: 1774 umbilical cord 2 …
83umbilical — adj. 1 of, situated near, or affecting the navel. 2 centrally placed. Phrases and idioms: umbilical cord 1 a flexible cordlike structure attaching a foetus to the placenta. 2 Astronaut. a supply cable linking a missile to its launcher, or an… …
84cord — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. string, rope, band, bond, twine; tendon; cable. See filament, connection. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Twine] Syn. string, cordage, fiber; see rope . 2. [A tendon] Syn. sinew, ligament, vinculum, thew,… …
85umbilical granuloma — granulation tissue on the stem of the umbilical cord in newborn infants …
86umbilical vein right — the right of the two veins in the umbilical cord that carry blood from the placenta to the sinus venosus of the heart in the early embryo; it degenerates during the seventh week …
87umbilical artery — noun : either of a pair of arteries that arise from the hypogastric arteries of the mammalian fetus and pass through the umbilical cord to the placenta to which they carry the impure blood from the fetus …
88cord blood — Blood taken post partum from the umbilical cord …
89cord blood — blood from the placenta drawn through the newly severed umbilical cord, collected for study or for possible transfusion to treat disease in the child. * * * …
90cord proteins — the proteins of blood from the umbilical cord …
