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Umbilical cord
The flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; it transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste.
📖 Definitions of "Umbilical cord"
noun
- 1
The flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; it transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste.
- 2
The line that supplies an astronaut with oxygen and communications when outside a spacecraft.
- 3
Any of the various lines connecting a rocket to its launch pad before liftoff.
- 4
An overdependence on, or overattachment to, one's parents or guardians.
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