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cord blood

cord blood

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Blood taken from the cord that joins a baby to its mother after birth for medical use
  • noun
  • /kɔrd blʌd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sangre del cordón umbilical
  • However, cord-blood banks for HSC transplantation have been established worldwide in the infrastructure.
  • umbilical cord blood
  • cord blood samples
  • cord blood concentrations

Examples

  • We analyzed 1,062 participants of this study who had available cord blood samples and non-missing data for maternal cotinine and covariates.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Using cord blood is non-invasive and less painful for the patient.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Studies show children of mothers with cord blood high in DHA had fewer emotional problems after birth.

    Blog text (28)

  • We measured DNA methylation in whole cord blood samples.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Prenatal exposure to chlordecone was estimated from the levels in the umbilical cord blood.

    Blog text (22)

  • Maternal cells and maternal DNA have been described in cord blood and in the fetal circulation of healthy individuals.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Umbilical cord blood samples were collected at birth and frozen at -80°C.

    Academic text (2012)

  • After controlling for confounders, cord blood Hg concentrations were associated with poorer performance on A-not-B (length of delay -- 2 correct).

    Academic text (2014)

  • After the birth of their child, the parents decided to donate the cord blood for medical research.

  • Many hospitals now offer parents the option to bank their baby's cord blood for future medical use.

Surface Forms

cord blood singular
cord bloods plural

Morphology

cord + blood

The compound literally denotes the blood associated with a cord (i.e. blood from the umbilical cord), so a learner who knows 'cord' and 'blood' can infer it refers to blood from a cord, typically at birth. This noun+noun composition is compositional and cross-linguistically common, making the meaning predictable rather than idiomatic.

Etymology

Cord blood is the blood taken from a baby’s cord and placenta just after birth. Imagine doctors collecting a small bag of this blood from near the baby’s belly button and saving it because it has special cells, so the term means blood kept 'for medical use'.