umbilical
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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
Each child had detectable levels of CPF in their umbilical cord blood at birth and underwent brain imaging and behavioral assessments between the ages of 6 and 14.
From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2025
On the other hand, a 2020 study that measured acetaminophen in umbilical cord blood did find a dose-dependent association with autism.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2025
Screening newborn babies for rare diseases will involve sequencing their complete DNA using blood samples from their umbilical cord.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
There was an umbilical cord running from the belly of the exploded beast back to the financial 1980s.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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