uterus
noun
uter·us
ˈyü-tə-rəs 
ˈyü-trəs
plural uteri
ˈyü-tə-ˌrī
or uteruses
or uteruses
1
: a muscular organ of the female mammal for containing and usually for nourishing the young during development prior to birth
called also womb
2
: a structure in some lower animals analogous to the uterus in which eggs or young develop
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Early on, research suggested that a fetus's position in the uterus could affect the very experiments used to assess the safety of BPA.
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Jon Hamilton, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
The process involves collecting eggs from ovaries and fertilizing them with sperm in a lab, then implanting them in a uterus.
—Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
The drug, which blocks the hormone progesterone, also primes the uterus to respond to the contraction-causing effect of another drug, misoprostol.
—CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
Collins has always been candid about her health struggles and said the pain from her endometriosis – a condition where the tissue that lines the uterus grows outside of it – was excruciating.
—Ben Church, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
In women common infertility issues are associated with ovulation disorders, fallopian tube damage or inhospitable conditions of the uterus, according to Mayo Clinic.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
The stage of endometriosis depends on factors like: The location, extent, and depth of implants: These are endometrial cells, which typically grow inside of the uterus, that grow and spread outside of the uterus.
—Anna Almendrala, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
Without progesterone, the uterus will expel its contents.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
But a Republican lawmaker shared in late February that Indiana Right to Life lobbied for IUDs, contraceptives placed in the uterus, to be carved out of the bill, due to unfounded claims that IUDs causeabortions.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2024
Jon Hamilton, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
The process involves collecting eggs from ovaries and fertilizing them with sperm in a lab, then implanting them in a uterus.
—Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
The drug, which blocks the hormone progesterone, also primes the uterus to respond to the contraction-causing effect of another drug, misoprostol.
—CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
Collins has always been candid about her health struggles and said the pain from her endometriosis – a condition where the tissue that lines the uterus grows outside of it – was excruciating.
—Ben Church, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
In women common infertility issues are associated with ovulation disorders, fallopian tube damage or inhospitable conditions of the uterus, according to Mayo Clinic.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
The stage of endometriosis depends on factors like: The location, extent, and depth of implants: These are endometrial cells, which typically grow inside of the uterus, that grow and spread outside of the uterus.
—Anna Almendrala, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
Without progesterone, the uterus will expel its contents.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
But a Republican lawmaker shared in late February that Indiana Right to Life lobbied for IUDs, contraceptives placed in the uterus, to be carved out of the bill, due to unfounded claims that IUDs causeabortions.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2024
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uterus
noun
uter·us
ˈyüt-ə-rəs
plural uteruses or uteri
-ˌrī
: the muscular organ of a female mammal in which the young develop before birth
called also womb
Medical Definition
uterus
noun
uter·us
ˈyüt-ə-rəs
plural uteri
-ˌrī
also uteruses
also uteruses
: an organ in female mammals for containing and usually for nourishing the young during development prior to birth that consists of a greatly modified and enlarged section of an oviduct (as in rodents and marsupials) or of the two oviducts united (as in the higher primates including humans), that has thick walls consisting of an outer serous layer, a very thick middle layer of smooth muscle, and an inner mucous layer containing numerous glands, and that during pregnancy undergoes great increase in size and change in the condition of its walls
called also womb
see cervix sense 2a, corpus uteri, endometrium, fundus sense c, myometrium, perimetriumLove words? Need even more definitions?
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