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Umbilical   /əmbˈɪlɪkəl/   Listen
Umbilical

adjective
1.
Relating to or resembling the umbilicus.
noun
1.
Membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta.  Synonym: umbilical cord.



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"Umbilical" Quotes from Famous Books



... The umbilical cord contains no nerves, as there is no nervous connection between the mother and the child. The only way in which the child can be influenced by the mother is through the medium of the blood, to changes in which it is very susceptible, as we ...
— Plain Facts for Old and Young • John Harvey Kellogg
... umbilical hernia are quite common, as I have on several occasions observed, and coarse belts are made according to the taste and ingenuity of the sufferer, but are of hardly any efficacy in preventing the increase of ...
— In the Forbidden Land • Arnold Henry Savage Landor
... the morning star; he wets them with his tears; they are sacred; too good for the world, and hardly yet to be shown to the dearest friend. This is the man-child that is born to the soul, and her life still circulates in the babe. The umbilical cord has not yet been cut. After some time has elapsed, he begins to wish to admit his friend to this hallowed experience, and with hesitation, yet with firmness, exposes the pages to his eye. Will ...
— Essays, Second Series • Ralph Waldo Emerson
... aperture ought to adhere or unite after birth. In very young animals, and sometimes in newborn calves, this aperture in the abdominal muscles remains open and a part of the bowel or a portion of the mesentery may slip through the opening, constituting what is called umbilical hernia. The wall of the sac is formed by the skin, which is covered on the inner surface by a layer of cellular tissue, and within this there is sometimes, but not always, a layer of peritoneum. The contents of the hernia ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture
... one of mutual affection and care, should ever cease to exist. But that the relationship should continue to exist as a tie is unnatural and tends to be harmful. At a certain stage in the development of the child the physical tie with the parent is severed, and the umbilical cord cut. At a later stage in development, when puberty is attained and adolescence is feeling its way towards a complete adult maturity, the spiritual tie must be severed. It is absolutely essential that the young ...
— Little Essays of Love and Virtue • Havelock Ellis


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