umbilical cord
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umbilical cord
- /əm.ˈbɪ.lə.kəl koɹd/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d
Where it comes from
From umbilical + cord. Largely displaced native navel-string. First attested in 1753.
noun umbilical cords
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The flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; it transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste.
Similar: navel-string, umbilicus
- The line that supplies an astronaut with oxygen and communications when outside a spacecraft.
- Any of the various lines connecting a rocket to its launch pad before liftoff.
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Synonym of funiculus.
Similar: funiculus
- An overdependence on or overattachment to support, especially from one's parents or guardians. Remember the eastern leg of HS2 being lopped back to the East Midlands? To this Yorkshireman, this was a tragedy. It removed the umbilical cord designed to connect and bind together the modern advanced manufacturing corridor of England (West Midlands-East Midlands-the reborn Sheffield-Leeds-Teesside
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noun cord between foetus and placenta
| Español | cuerda umbilical |
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| 한국어 | 탯줄 taetjul, 제대 jedae |
| 日本語 | 臍帯 saitai, 臍の緒 heso no o |
| 中文 | 臍帶 /脐带 qídaì |
| हिन्दी | नाभिरज्जु nābhirajju |
| Kiswahili | kitovu |
| Português | cordão umbilical |
| Français | cordon ombilical |
| Deutsch | Nabelschnur |
| Italiano | cordone ombelicale |
| Ελληνικά | ομφάλιος λωρός omfálios lorós |
| Русский | пупови́на pupovína |
| Tiếng Việt | cuống nhau, dây rốn, cuống rốn |
| العربية | حَبْل سُرِّيّ ḥabl surriyy |
| עברית | חֶבֶל הַטַבּוּר |
noun line connecting an astronaut to the spacecraft during spacewalk
| Kiswahili | kitovu |
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noun any line connecting a rocket to its launch pad
| Kiswahili | kitovu |
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title = {umbilical cord},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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