umbilical
Speech parts
1. umbilical - Noun
2. umbilical - Adjective
Meaning
Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.
Pertaining to the center; central.
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In a sane society no woman would be left to struggle on her own with the huge transformation that is motherhood, when a single individual finds herself joined by an invisible umbilical cord to another person from whom she will never be separated, even by death.
No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and what was happening in the world.
In order for the oppressed to unite they must first cut the umbilical cord of magic and myth which binds them to the world of oppression; the unity which links them to each other must be of a different nature.
Using adult stem cells drawn from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood system cells, scientists have discovered new treatments for scores of diseases and conditions such as Parkinson's disease, juvenile diabetes, and spinal cord injuries.
In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices.
An orphan cuts his own umbilical cord.