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Cord

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Cord or CORD may refer to:

Cord or CORD may also refer to:

Places

  • Cord, Arkansas

People

  • Alex Cord (born 1933), American actor and writer
  • Chris Cord (born 1940), American racing driver
  • Errett Lobban Cord (1894–1974) American industrialist
  • Ronnie Cord (1943–1986), Brazilian singer
  • Cord McCoy (born 1980), American bull and saddle bronc rider
  • Cord Meyer (1920–2001), American CIA official
  • Cord Parks (born 1986), American professional football player
  • Cord Phelps (born 1987), American professional baseball player
  • Cord Pool, guitarist for American red dirt metal band Texas Hippie Coalition
  • Cord Widderich (died 1447), German pirate

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • The Cord Weekly, a student newspaper at Wilfrid Laurier University

Biology

  • Chronic obstructive respiratory disease or CORD, an alternate name for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Mycelial cord, a structure, used by fungi to transfer nutrients over larger distances
  • Spinal cord
  • Umbilical cord, a tube that connects a developing embryo or fetus to its placenta

Organizations

Organizations with the acronym CORD include:

  • Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders, a non-profit health organization
  • Christian Outreach for Relief & Development, a humanitarian organization, based in Leamington Spa, England
  • Coalition for Reforms and Democracy, a Kenyan political coalition
  • Congress on Research in Dance, a professional society for dance research
  • Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, a scientific organization

Other uses

See also

  • Chord (disambiguation)
  • Coord (short for coordinate)
  • Cordage (disambiguation)
  • Cordé, a fictional character in the Star Wars universe
  • CORDS (disambiguation)
  • Rope (disambiguation)
  • String (disambiguation)
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