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false knot

A knotlike bulge in the umbilical vein causing apparent twisting of the cord.

false knot

False umbilical cord knot, varicosity Neonatology A prominent, often tortuous aggregation of dilated ectatic vessels with ↓ in covering by Wharton's jelly. Cf True knot.

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