English-Portuguese translations for umbilical cord

• cordão umbilical
  A Senhora Comissária falou das células do sangue do cordão umbilical e da sua conservação. Commissioner, you spoke about umbilical cord blood cells and about their storage.
  Existem alternativas sérias: as células estaminais adultas, as células estaminais contidas no sangue do cordão umbilical. There are serious alternatives, adult stem cells, stem cells from umbilical cord blood.
  Existem, também, três empresas privadas que cobram aos pais para armazenar as células do sangue do cordão umbilical. There are also three private firms charging parents to store umbilical cord blood cells.

Definition of umbilical cord

• The flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; it transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste
• Any of the various lines connecting a rocket to its launch pad before liftoff

Related words

• umbilical
• periumbilical
• paraumbilical
• umbilical hernia
• umbilical nonserverance
• umbilical cable
• umbilical connector
• umbilical mast
• umbilical stem cord cell