Usually means: Connects fetus to mother's placenta.
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  1. umbilical cord: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. umbilical cord: Merriam-Webster
  3. umbilical cord: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. umbilical cord: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. umbilical cord: Collins English Dictionary
  6. umbilical cord: Vocabulary.com
  7. umbilical-cord, umbilical cord: Wordnik
  8. umbilical cord: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Umbilical cord: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. umbilical cord: Wiktionary
  11. umbilical cord: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. umbilical cord: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. umbilical cord: Dictionary.com
  14. Umbilical cord: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. umbilical cord: Rhymezone
  16. umbilical cord: FreeDictionary.org
  17. umbilical cord: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. umbilical cord: Legal dictionary

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  1. umbilical cord: Encyclopedia

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  1. umbilical cord: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Cord, umbilical, Umbilical cord: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  6. Umbilical cord: Merck Manuals
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  10. Pregnancy & Baby (No longer online)
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  14. umbilical cord: Medical dictionary
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  16. Cord, umbilical, Umbilical cord: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (umbilical cord)

noun:  (anatomy) The flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; it transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste.
noun:  (aerospace) The line that supplies an astronaut with oxygen and communications when outside a spacecraft.
noun:  (aerospace) Any of the various lines connecting a rocket to its launch pad before liftoff.
noun:  (figurative, including) An overdependence on, or overattachment to, one's parents or guardians.

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