umbilical cord

• Cordon flexible reliant le fœtus en développement au placenta, assurant l'apport en oxygène et en nutriments ; également utilisé métaphoriquement pour décrire un lien fort et essentiel ou une dépendance entre deux entités.

A flexible tube that connects a developing fetus to the placenta, providing oxygen and nutrients; also used metaphorically to describe a strong, essential connection or dependency between two entities.

1. Anatomical structureB2formal

   A flexible tube-like structure that connects a developing fetus to the placenta in the womb, supplying oxygen and nutrients.

   cordon ombilical

   • The doctor clamped and cut the umbilical cord after the baby was born.
   • The umbilical cord contains two arteries and one vein.
   • Problems with the umbilical cord can affect fetal development.

2. Metaphorical connectionC1informal

   A strong, essential, or dependent connection between two people, groups, or things.

   cordon ombilical

   • The small startup still has an umbilical cord to its parent company.
   • He never cut the emotional umbilical cord with his hometown.
   • The country's economy has an umbilical cord to oil exports.