Anat. [L. fūnis rope.] † a. Short for funis brachii, ‘an old name for the median vein’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). b. The umbilical cord.

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c. 1400.  Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 159. Þis veyne … is eftsoones dyvydid, and þe oon partie is spred bi þe arm manye weies wiþoute forþ, þat is clepid funis.

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1753.  N. Torriano, Midwifry, 8. The Funis, the Placenta, with its Amnion and Chorion, and Allantoides.

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1800.  Med. Jrnl., IV. 323. With the other [hand] we take hold of the funis and make a gentle distension.

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1855.  Ramsbottom, Obstetr. Med., 64. One coil of the funis is seen twisted round the neck, and another round the left ancle.

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