Wharton's jelly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after the English physician Thomas Wharton (1614–1673), who first described it in his 1656 publication Adenographia.
Noun[edit]
- (anatomy) The soft, pulpy connective tissue that constitutes the matrix of the umbilical cord.
- Synonym: jelly of Wharton