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Umbilical

Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.

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Canal 76% connected

An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.

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Channel 76% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Duct 76% connected

Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.

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Funiculus 76% connected

A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of wh…

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Embryo 70% connected

The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant

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Fetus 70% connected

The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous anim…

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Foetus 70% connected

Same as Fetus.

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Apophysis noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra

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Apparatus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"

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Articulatio noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

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Articulation noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

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Base noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"

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Bodily cavity noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cavity noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cavum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cingulum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)

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Concha noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape

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Cornu noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape

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Corona noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape

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Diaphragm noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration

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Fissure noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

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Fundus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening; "the uterine fundus"; "the fundus of the sto…

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Groove noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

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Hilum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"

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Hilus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"

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Afferent neuron noun · 78% connection

a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord

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Arachnoid adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater.

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Boss noun · 78% connection

A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a…

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Brace noun · 78% connection

A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum.

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Brain noun · 78% connection

The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in th…

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Bulbar adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralys…

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Central nervous system noun · 78% connection

the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord

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Cerebro-spinal adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

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Chord noun · 78% connection

A cord. See Cord, n., 4.

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CNS noun · 78% connection

the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord

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Cord verb · 78% connection

To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.

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Efferent neuron noun · 78% connection

a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord

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