umbilical

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She would need to cut the umbilical cord herself and return to the hospital for care in a diaper, her fetus wrapped in towels and the cord hanging between her legs.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

All subjects were born to African-American and Latino mothers and had detectable levels of CPF in their umbilical cord blood.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

The show pairs the painting with a Kiki Smith sculpture, created over five decades later, that portrays the papery form of a woman from the waist down, her fetus dangling by an umbilical cord.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Screening newborn babies for rare diseases will involve sequencing their complete DNA using blood samples from their umbilical cord.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025

I hooked one end of the fifty-foot umbilical line to the Gemini’s oxygen supply and the other end to a chestpack, which in turn was hooked by two hoses to my pressure suit.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins