uterine

See also: utérine

English

Etymology

From Middle French utérin, from Latin uterinus (“pertaining to the womb; born of the same mother”), from Latin uterus (“womb”). Related to English uterus. By surface analysis, utero- +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjutəɹaɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

uterine (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the uterus.

   Synonym: (not medical/technical) wombly

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     It has been reported that periparturient cows undergo a period of immunosuppression of various immunological parameters associated with a high susceptibility to uterine and mammary infections […]

2. Born of the same mother but of a different father.

   uterine siblings

Derived terms

• absolute uterine factor infertility, AUFI
• absolute uterine infertility, AUIF
• intrauterine device
• intrauterine insemination
• intra-uterine, intrauterine
• intrauterinely
• uterine cycle
• uterine factor infertility
• uterine gland
• uterine horn
• uterine inertia
• uterine infertility
• uterine isthmus
• uterine nephew
• uterine tube
• vulvo-uterine, vulvouterine

Translations

of or pertaining to the uterus

• Armenian: արգանդային (argandayin)
• Bulgarian: маточен (matočen), утробен (utroben)
• Catalan: uterí
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 子宮 / 子宫 (zi² gung¹)

  Hakka: 子宮 / 子宫 (chṳ́-kiûng)

  Hokkien: 子宮 / 子宫 (zh-min-nan) (chú-kiong, chír-kiong, chí-kiong), 生囝袋 (seⁿ-kiáⁿ-tē, siⁿ-kiáⁿ-tē)

  Jin: 子宮 / 子宫 (zi² gung¹)

  Mandarin: 子宮 / 子宫 (zh) (zǐgōng)

• Dutch: baarmoeder-
• Esperanto: utera
• French: utérin (fr)
• Galician: uterino
• Greek: μητρικός (el) (mitrikós)
• Ido: uterala
• Italian: uterino (it)
• Italian: uterino (it)
• Latin: uterīnus
• Russian: утробный (ru) (utrobnyj), маточный (ru) (matočnyj)
• Spanish: uterino
• Volapük: vümik

born of the same mother but of a different father

• Catalan: uterí
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 仝母各爸 (kāng-bó-koh-pēe)

  Mandarin: 同母異父 / 同母异父 (tóngmǔ yìfù)

  Xiang: 共娘隔爺 / 共娘隔爷 (gong⁴ nyian² ge⁶ ia²)

• Japanese: 胤違い (たねちがい, tanechigai), 異父 (ja) (いふ, ifu), 行き合い (ゆきあい, yukiai)
• Latin: uterīnus

Noun

uterine (plural uterines)

1. A uterine sibling.

Anagrams

• neurite, retinue, reunite, unitree

German

Adjective

uterine

1. inflection of uterin:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

uterine

1. feminine plural of uterino

Anagrams

• neurite, unirete, unterei

Latin

Adjective

uterīne

1. vocative masculine singular of uterīnus