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Umbilical   /əmbˈɪlɪkəl/   Listen
Umbilical

noun
1.
Membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta.  Synonym: umbilical cord.



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"Umbilical" Quotes from Famous Books



... accomplished little progress in the affections of that important section of the human race—the mothers. With fathers, the feeling in favor of the separate family is certainly less strong; but there is an undefinable tie, a sort of magnetic rapport, an invisible, inseverable umbilical cord between the mother and child, which in most cases circumscribes her desires and ambition to her own ...
— Brook Farm • John Thomas Codman



Words linked to "Umbilical" :   fertilized egg, fetus, foetus, funiculus, duct, umbilical vein, channel, conceptus, epithelial duct, umbilicus, embryo, canal, fetal membrane



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