Uterus
21Uterus — Gebärmutter * * * Ute|rus 〈m.; , ri〉 = Gebärmutter [lat., „Bau, Unterleib“] * * * Ute|rus, der; , …ri [lat. uterus] (Med.): Gebärmutter. * * * I Uterus [lateinisch] der, / …
22uterus — womb; n. the part of the female reproductive tract that is specialized to allow the embryo to become implanted in its inner wall and to nourish the growing fetus from the maternal blood. The nonpregnant uterus is a pear shaped organ, about 7.5 cm …
23uterus — [[t]ju͟ːtərəs[/t]] uteruses N COUNT The uterus of a woman or female mammal is her womb. [MEDICAL] ...an ultrasound scan of the uterus …
24uterus — UK [ˈjuːt(ə)rəs] / US [ˈjutərəs] noun [countable] Word forms uterus : singular uterus plural uteruses or uteri medical the organ in a woman s body where babies grow. A less technical name for this is womb …
25uterus — noun (plural uteruses or uteri) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, belly, womb; probably akin to Greek hoderos belly, Sanskrit udara Date: 14th century 1. a muscular organ of the female mammal for containing and usually for nourishing the… …
26uterus — the organ where fertilised eggs develop. A true uterus is not present in fishes but the term may be used for the egg capsule in Chondrichthyes …
27uterus — n. [L. uterus, womb] An enlargement of the lower end of the oviduct, in which eggs are retained temporarily or in which the embryo develops; uterine adj …
28Uterus — U̲terus [aus lat. uterus, Gen.: uteri = Leib, Unterleib; Mutterleib; Gebärmutter] m; , ...ri: „Gebärmutter“, im weiblichen Unterleib gelegenes muskulöses Hohlorgan, das zur Aufnahme des befruchteten Eies und zur Entwicklung der Frucht dient.… …
29Uterus — Ute|rus der; , ...ri <aus lat. uterus, Gen. uteri »Leib; Unterleib; Gebärmutter«> Gebärmutter (Med.) …
30uterus — [17] Latin uterus ‘belly, womb’ goes back ultimately to an Indo European *udero or *wedero , which also produced Sanskrit udáram ‘belly’, Latvian vēders ‘belly’, and possibly Greek hustérā ‘womb’ (source of English hysteria). It was first used in …
