endometrium

See also: Endometrium

English

Etymology

From endo- (“inner”) + Late Latin metrium (“womb”), from Ancient Greek μήτριον (mḗtrion, “of a mother”). Compare μήτρᾱ (mḗtrā, “womb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛndəˈmiːtɹi.əm/

Noun

endometrium (plural endometria)

1. (anatomy) The mucous membrane that lines the uterus in mammals and in which fertilized eggs are implanted.

Derived terms

• endometrial
• endometric
• endometriosis
• endometrioma
• endometritis
• myoendometrium

Translations

mucous membrane

• Arabic: بطانَة الرحم (ar) f
• Basque: endometrio
• Catalan: endometri (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子宮內膜／子宫内膜 (zh) (zǐgōng nèimó)

• Dutch: baarmoederslijmvlies (nl) n
• Finnish: kohdun limakalvo
• French: endomètre (fr) m
• Galician: endometrio (gl) m
• German: Endometrium (de) n, Gebärmutterschleimhaut (de) f
• Irish: inmheitriam m
• Italian: endometrio (it) m
• Korean: 자궁내막 (jagungnaemak)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: navpoşê malzarokê m

• Polish: endometrium (pl) n
• Portuguese: endométrio (pt) m
• Russian: эндоме́трий (ru) m (endométrij)
• Spanish: endometrio (es) m