in utero
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin in utero (“in the uterus”).
Adverb edit
in utero (not comparable)
- Occurring while a baby is within their mother's womb.
Synonyms edit
- prenatally (synonymous in many contexts)
Translations edit
occurring within the uterus
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Adjective edit
in utero (not comparable)
- Occurring while a baby is within their mother's womb.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Biotics Codex entry:
- Most organic species are capable of developing biotic abilities, though there are risks involved. Biotics are the result of in-utero exposure to element zero. This usually causes fatal cancers in the victim, but in rare cases it coalesces into nodules within the fetus's developing nervous system.
- 2015 December, Richard A. Stein, “The Naturome Awaits the Nurturome”, in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, volume 35, number 21, page 36:
- A major research effort in Dr. Nawrot's group is focusing on understanding in utero factors that shape disease risk later in life.
- 2023 October 19, Brendan I. Koerner, “Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era”, in Wired[1], →ISSN:
- Magana traces his love for music back to an experience in utero: In the spring of 1993, his pregnant mother attended a Guns N’ Roses show at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes.
Synonyms edit
- prenatal (semantically overlapping, although not always interchangeable)