umbilical
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5.9
- noun
- /ʌmˈbɪlɪkəl/
- Specialized
:
cordón umbilical
- The doctor explained how nutrients are exchanged through the umbilical cord during pregnancy.
- umbilical that connects
- thick umbilical
- cut the umbilical
Those blood samples came from the umbilical cord of newborn babies.
- Those blood samples came from the umbilical cord of newborn babies.
- She cuts the umbilical cord with a stick and ties it with her own hair.
- The baby still attached the umbilical cord and the the baby was stabbed.
- And then not directly from the Dick part, but kind of like the umbilical cord, like somewhere in between with this like purple like cord.
Examples
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Kathryn held her coat over her arm and examined the plane in front of her, tethered to the gate by its accordion umbilical.
Fiction book (1998) -
After birth, the newborn's umbilical cord is usually cut by the midwife.
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It's where the life support umbilical was attached.
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We're all, we're all connected by an invisible umbilical cord of love.
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We have an umbilical that provides power from the command module to the LEM.
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Those blood samples came from the umbilical cord of newborn babies.
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The umbilicals release; the shuttle drifts away.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the monitor window, Vega suddenly floated free as the grapples and umbilicals disconnected.
Fiction book (1992) -
The concern was, however, that once the umbilical was disconnected in the capsule, Baumgartner would lose communications altogether, making him officially the loneliest man on (or off, rather) the planet.
Blog text (32) -
Quickly, lest the rocket launch with him on the gantry, he climbed in, unplugged his ventilator, tossed it back out the hatch, and plugged one of the ship's three umbilicals into his suit.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
25
3.0
A long tube that connects a baby to its mother before birth and carries food and oxygen
Idioms
- Informal
1
6.8
To become independent from parents and make your own decisions
Compounds
- Specialized
25
3.0
A long tube that connects a baby to its mother before birth and carries food and oxygen
- Specialized
A bulge near the belly button where part of the gut pushes through the stomach wall
- Specialized
A vein that carries blood with oxygen and food from the placenta to the unborn baby
- Specialized
A small sac in early mammal embryos that carries blood and nutrients before the heart works
Surface Forms
Etymology
Umbilical as a noun (short for 'umbilical cord') takes its name from the Latin umbilicus 'navel' because the cord joins at the baby's belly button. So the umbilical is the life link that brings food and oxygen to the baby before birth.