Noun
(anatomy) The flexible structure connecting a foetus with the placenta; it transports nourishment to the foetus and removes waste.
(aerospace) The line that supplies an astronaut with oxygen and communications when outside a spacecraft.
(aerospace) Any of the various lines connecting a rocket to its launch pad before liftoff.
(figuratively) An overdependence on, or overattachment to, one's parents or guardians.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgIn 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. Germaine Greer
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. Paulo Freire
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. Nathan Deal
In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices. Irwin Shaw
Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, mirages, mothers, masturbation, murder, and Monday morning hangovers. Charles Bukowski
An orphan cuts his own umbilical cord. Turkish Proverb