mesocord

mesocord
A fold of amnion that sometimes binds a segment of the umbilical cord to the placenta.

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meso·cord (mezґo-) (meґzo-kord) an umbilical cord adherent to the placenta by a connecting fold of the amnion; more correctly, the connecting fold itself.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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