umbilical
English Thesaurus
1. membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct, |
| definition | : | a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance (noun.body) |
| hypernym | : | funiculus, |
| definition | : | any of several body structure resembling a cord (noun.body) |
| hypernym | : | fetal membrane, |
| definition | : | any membrane that functions for the protection or nourishment or respiration or excretion of a developing fetus (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | umbilical vein, vena umbilicalis, |
| definition | : | a vein in the umbilical cord; returns nutrient blood from the placenta to the fetus (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | conceptus, embryo, fertilized egg, |
| definition | : | an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life (noun.animal) |
| part meronym | : | fetus, foetus, |
| definition | : | an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal (noun.animal) |
2. relating to or resembling the umbilicus (adj.pert)
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