English Explanatory Dictionary

Wharton's jelly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The soft, pulpy connective tissue that constitutes the matrix of the umbilical cord.

Word forms

Wharton's jelly

Etymology

Named after the English physician Thomas Wharton (1614–1673), who first described it in his 1656 publication Adenographia.

Synonyms

jelly of Wharton
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