umbilical cord
US/əm.ˈbɪ.lə.kəl koɹd/
umbilical cord noun: the flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; it transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste.
Noun
umbilical cord (plural umbilical cords)
- The flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; it transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste.
- Synonyms:
- 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.
- Synonym of funiculus.
- Synonyms:
- 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...2024 February 7, Andrew McNaughton, “HS2: a truncated route cuts off city lifelines”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 47
umbilical cord meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
umbilical cord in Hindi
- cord between foetus and placenta
- नाभिरज्जु nābhirajju
umbilical cord in Tamil
- cord between foetus and placenta
- தொப்புள்கொடி toppuḷkoṭi, கொப்பூழ்க்கொடி koppūḻkkoṭi
umbilical cord in Marathi
- cord between foetus and placenta
- नाळ nāḷ
umbilical cord in Urdu
- umbilical cord
- نال nāl
More languagesFewer languages
- umbilical cord in Telugu
- బొడ్డు తాడు boḍḍu tāḍu
- umbilical cord in Malayalam
- പൊക്കിൾക്കൊടി pokkiḷkkoṭi
- umbilical cord in Kannada
- ಹೊಕ್ಕುಳಬಳ್ಳಿ hokkuḷabaḷḷi
- umbilical cord in Punjabi
- ਨਾੜੂ nāṛū
- umbilical cord in Sanskrit
- गर्भनाडी garbhanāḍī, प्रबन्ध prabandha
- umbilical cord in Tagalog
- talimpusod
- umbilical cord in Arabic
- حَبْل سُرِّيّ ḥabl surriyy
- umbilical cord in Indonesian
- tali pusat
- umbilical cord in Persian
- بند ناف band-e nâf
- umbilical cord in Thai
- สายสะดือ sǎai-sà-dʉʉ
- umbilical cord in Vietnamese
- cuống nhau, dây rốn, cuống rốn
- umbilical cord in Myanmar
- ချက်ကြိုး hkyakkrui:
- Kashmiri
- نان nān
Synonyms of umbilical cord
Forms of umbilical cord
| plural | umbilical cords |
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Origin of umbilical cord
From umbilical + cord. Largely displaced native navel-string. First attested in 1753.
Words formed from umbilical cord
- cut the umbilical cord
- umbilical cord cutting
Words that rhyme with umbilical cord
40 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- afford
- ord
- reward
- sward
- toward
- hoard
- untoward
- -lord
- abhorred
- bored
- destination board
- disaccord
- greatsword
- horde
- onboard
- smorgasbord
- unoared
- adored
- bell chord
- beward
- chored
- concord
- deboard
- discord
- fjord
- gord
- gored
- guide board
- hoared
- ignored
- m'lord
- milord
- moored
- oared
- of one's own accord
- outward
- restored
- secured
- sord
- whored
Questions about umbilical cord
- What does umbilical cord mean?
- Umbilical cord means the flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; it transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste.
- What is umbilical cord in Hindi?
- Umbilical cord in Hindi is नाभिरज्जु (nābhirajju). See Umbilical cord meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is umbilical cord?
- Umbilical cord is a noun.
- How do you pronounce umbilical cord?
- Umbilical cord is pronounced /əm.ˈbɪ.lə.kəl koɹd/ (US).
- What is the plural of umbilical cord?
- The plural of umbilical cord is umbilical cords.
Words near umbilical cord in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: umbilical cord (page history and authors); نال (Urdu) (page history and authors); गर्भनाडी (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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