umbilical

Examples

• All

• After the doctor explains that the umbilical cord around your neck cuts off your oxygen,

  Fiction book (2002)

• Thus, it may be possible to diagnose disorders of atrial pressure or umbilical venous return in utero.

  Academic text (1991)

• -Right after I cut the umbilical cord.

  Due Date (2010)

• Your mom cut your umbilical cord herself.

  Scary Movie 3 (2003)

• The umbilical cord that connects the north and south...

  Filth (2013)

• That's the spot where your umbilical cord used to be for we were physically connected.

  Nice Girls Don't Explode (1987)

• The stem cells are taken from the person's bone marrow or umbilical cord at birth.

  Academic text (2012)

• Nicholas was being strangled by his umbilical cord, wrapped twice around his neck.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Available literature shows umbilical sinus as a rare type of malformation.

  Academic text (2007)

• The doctor carefully examined the umbilical cord before cutting it.

Synonyms

U

umbilic

vsumbilical

• Specialized

9.6

Relating to the belly button area in the middle of the belly

is broader and also concerns the cord or resemblance beyond just location

Idioms

C

to cut the umbilical cord

• Informal

1 6.8

To become independent from parents and make your own decisions

Compounds

U

umbilical cord

• Specialized

25 3.0

A long tube that connects a baby to its mother before birth and carries food and oxygen

U

umbilical hernia

• Specialized

6.5

A bulge near the belly button where part of the gut pushes through the stomach wall

U

umbilical vein

• Specialized

5.6

A vein that carries blood with oxygen and food from the placenta to the unborn baby

U

umbilical vesicle

• Specialized

9.9

A small sac in early mammal embryos that carries blood and nutrients before the heart works

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology