How to Use umbilical in a Sentence
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Our navels are formed at what used to be the umbilical attachment site.
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Carolyn L. Todd,
SELF,
9 Jan. 2018
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Then the umbilical was cut and he was gone, taken to a nearby cart, with no word from the doctor.
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Jon Michaud,
The New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2019
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The filly has clumps of hair missing and an umbilical hernia as well.
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Kalin Kipling,
sacbee,
17 Jan. 2018
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The boy was chilled and still had his umbilical cord attached, but otherwise was healthy, court records state.
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Bill Leukhardt,
courant.com,
14 July 2017
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Atogho returned five minutes later to cut the umbilical cord.
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Daniel Chang,
miamiherald,
28 Apr. 2017
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Bowen suffered an umbilical hernia as a result of trauma to her abdomen caused by the seat belt.
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Karen Kucher,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
9 Apr. 2018
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Schulkers agreed to a second urine test and was told her baby's umbilical cord would also be tested.
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Cameron Knight,
Cincinnati.com,
5 May 2017
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Harris was in the delivery room when Marcus was born and cut the umbilical cord.
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Glenn E. Rice,
kansascity.com,
15 May 2017
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Larvae were identified in the calf's umbilical area.
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Mateo Rosiles,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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The umbilical is designed to fill the robot’s tanks with liquid fuel, water, and oxygen.
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IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2018
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Their dorsal fins were not yet erect, their umbilical opening had not closed, and both heads had hair on the rostrums, or beaks—all tell-tale features of newborns.
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Brigit Katz,
Smithsonian,
15 June 2017
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What is unusual about this system is that its umbilical is specifically designed to keep out dust.
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IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2018
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The deep, sustained umbilical connection that leaves a navel simply never forms.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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But the old model connected to a control unit that housed an array of input ports and a soundbar via an umbilical cable.
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
24 Apr. 2026
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The baby slipped out, the umbilical cord was cut, and the infant was handed to two pediatricians.
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Adam Wolfberg,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2017
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In addition, antibodies were found in the blood in the umbilical cords that connect infants to mothers as well as in breast milk.
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BostonGlobe.com,
13 May 2021
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The umbilical chord and placenta do not directly connect to the woman.
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Blake Apgar,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
10 Aug. 2022
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Four days later came a video record of the descent—the umbilical slither of a cable and, at one end, the pop of the parachute, resplendent in red and white.
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Anthony Lan,
The New Yorker,
16 July 2021
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If a fetus has anemia, for example, doctors can provide a blood transfusion through the same umbilical vein route.
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Andrew Joseph,
STAT,
9 Nov. 2022
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With the guidance of an emergency operator, Iman used a pair of red headphones to tie the umbilical cord.
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Gina Mei,
Cosmopolitan,
29 Aug. 2016
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Wire rope connected to both halves of the cover and the razor was routed through a pulley on a crane at the top of the launch umbilical tower, then down a tube on its side.
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Amy Shira Teitel,
Discover Magazine,
16 Sep. 2017
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So, some new parents (ahem) may not realize that newborns can't really wear tight onesies until their umbilical cords fall off.
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Marisa Lascala and Lori Bergamotto,
Good Housekeeping,
12 Jan. 2023
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The next piece of equipment in our factory is a robotic umbilical arm for transferring fluids to an external tanker.
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IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2018
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To our left, 5 miles distant, the other B-2 is connected to the umbilical of the second tanker.
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Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
25 June 2018
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But doctors told her that the fetus’s brain matter was leaking into the umbilical sac, which could cause sepsis and lead to critical illness or even death.
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New York Times,
1 Aug. 2022
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The hydrogen leaks were fixed at the launch pad by replacing suspect seals in the umbilical system that attaches fuel lines to the base of the rocket.
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William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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In a press release Wednesday, the agency specified that the screwworm had been found inside a 3-week-old calf’s umbilical area.
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Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
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The scientists are also refining the electrolyte mix and studying how to connect human umbilical cords.
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Nathaniel Scharping,
Discover Magazine,
17 Jan. 2018
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Now came Thomas Reed, 20 years old and trained as a commercial diver, descending by umbilical to the bay’s floor.
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Earl Swift,
Outside Online,
20 June 2018
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The system also does not require tubing be placed in the placenta and this minimizes umbilical spasms that can take place when the baby is born, Flake said.
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Melanie Eversley,
USA TODAY,
25 Apr. 2017
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So keeping it out of umbilicals, electrical and fluids connectors, and any sensitive electronics is critical.
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IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2018
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The flight ultimately slipped to early March because of work to replace and test suspect seals in a quick-disconnect umbilical that attaches propellant lines to the base of the rocket.
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William Harwood,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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SpaceX redesigned this massive structure to pull away more rapidly during liftoff to spare its myriad umbilicals and other connections to the rocket from serious damage.
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Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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Next, according to plan, Cernan disconnected from the umbilical that attached him to the ship, and clipped on instead to one that was connected to the AMU.
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Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
11 Nov. 2025
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During the first Artemis 1 wet dress rehearsal in April 2022, hydrogen leaks and issues with the tower's umbilicals while fueling SLS led to three rollbacks of the rocket to NASA's vehicle assembly building.
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Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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