n 1  :  a long slender flexible material usu. consisting of several strands (as of thread or yarn) woven or twisted together  2  :  a slender flexible anatomical structure (as a nerve) - see SPERMATIC CORD SPINAL CORD UMBILICAL CORD VOCAL CORD1   .
 
 
 
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