umbilical
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, US officials announced that the first case in 60 years was detected in a three-week-old calf, with the larvae found in its umbilical area.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
She would need to cut the umbilical cord herself and return to the hospital for care in a diaper, her fetus wrapped in towels and the cord hanging between her legs.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
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
Then one day, three months after I was gone, the signals coming over my mother’s spiritual umbilical cord stopped.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
