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noun
A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: womb, belly, matrix, metra
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
A similar part in some non-mammals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: womb, belly, matrix, metra
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: womb
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: female internal reproductive organ
Narrower terms: venter
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *úderos Latin uteruslbor. English uterus Learned borrowing from Latin uterus.
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