UMBILICAL CORD
\ʌmbˈɪlɪkə͡l kˈɔːd], \ʌmbˈɪlɪkəl kˈɔːd], \ʌ_m_b_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_k_əl k_ˈɔː_d]\
Definitions of UMBILICAL CORD
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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The flexible structure, giving passage to the umbilical arteries and vein, which connects the embryo or fetus to the placenta.
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- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).