umbilical

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Specialists with the Department of Fish and Wildlife speculate that he may have lost his toes due to umbilical cord strangulation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 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

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

‘This place makes the snake house at the zoo look like a Sunday school picnic,” I said, referring to the fact that I couldn’t see much besides a jillion loops of umbilical line.

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