Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable)A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.

  2. A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.

    (countable)A similar part in some non-mammals.

More definitions
  • a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus

Examples

12 sentences
  1. How do babies breathe when they're in the uterus?

    ruКак дышат младенцы, когда находятся в утробе? — odexed

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  2. The cervix is the lower, narrower part of the uterus.

  3. Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of part or all of the uterus.

  4. How do you expect me to have children when I don't have a uterus?

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  5. Are you more likely to get worse ovulation pains if you have a tipped uterus?

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin uterus.

Learned borrowing from Latin uterus.

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Forms

plural: uteri / uteruses
Singularuterus
Pluraluteri / uteruses

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus:womb

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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