"uterus" meaning in English

See uterus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/ Audio: en-us-uterus.ogg [US] Forms: uteri [plural], uteruses [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *úderos Latin uteruslbor. English uterus Learned borrowing from Latin uterus. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:lbor|la:uterus|id=womb|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *úderos Latin uteruslbor. English uterus [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*úd", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teros", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*úderos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "uterus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "uterus", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="womb" data-lang="en" data-title="uterus" id="English:_womb"> Learned borrowing from Latin uterus. Head templates: {{en-noun|uteri|+}} uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)
  1. (anatomy, countable) A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth. Tags: countable Synonyms: womb, belly, matrix, metra
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  2. (anatomy, countable) A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
    (zoology) A similar part in some non-mammals.
    Tags: countable Synonyms: womb, belly, matrix, metra
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cordiform uterus, corpus uteri, duderus, uteral, uterine, uterus bicornis, uterus didelphis, uterus didelphys, uteruslike Related terms: hystera, hysterectomy, hysteria, in utero, Müllerian duct (embryological precursor), internal genitalia, utero-, hystero-, metro- Translations (a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth): úter [masculine] (Catalan), matriu [feminine] (Catalan), útero [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth': 50 50

Inflected forms

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        "(anatomy, countable) A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "womb"
        },
        {
          "word": "belly"
        },
        {
          "word": "matrix"
        },
        {
          "word": "metra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "en:Anatomy",
        "en:Zoology"
      ],
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        "A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.",
        "A similar part in some non-mammals."
      ],
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        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "reproductive",
          "reproductive"
        ],
        [
          "organ",
          "organ"
        ],
        [
          "therian",
          "therian"
        ],
        [
          "mammal",
          "mammal"
        ],
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "mammal",
          "mammal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy, countable) A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.",
        "(zoology) A similar part in some non-mammals."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "womb"
        },
        {
          "word": "belly"
        },
        {
          "word": "matrix"
        },
        {
          "word": "metra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/En-us-uterus.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "úter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "útero"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uterus"
}

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