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umbilical cord

noun
noun
BrE BrE//ʌmˌbɪlɪkl ˈkɔːd//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈkɔːrd//
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a long piece of tissue that connects a baby to its mother before it is born and is cut at the moment of birth Wordfinderbirthbirth, breech birth, caesarean, contraction, deliver, induce, labour, midwife, obstetrics, umbilical cord Oxford Collocations Dictionary verb + umbilical cordclamp, cut, tie, … umbilical cord + verbbe twisted around somebody’s neck, be wound around somebody’s neck See full entry See related entries: Birth
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