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umbilical cord

/ʌmˈbɪlɪkəl kɔːrd/

Tradução: Tubo flexível que conecta o feto em desenvolvimento à placenta, fornecendo oxigênio e nutrientes; também usado metaforicamente para descrever um vínculo ou dependência forte e essencial entre duas entidades.

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/ʌmˈbɪlɪkəl kɔːrd/B2formalmedical
  • ptTubo flexível que conecta o feto em desenvolvimento à placenta, fornecendo oxigênio e nutrientes; também usado metaforicamente para descrever um vínculo ou dependência forte e essencial entre duas entidades.

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.

    ptCordão umbilical

    • 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.

    ptCordão umbilical

    • 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.