uterus

See also: Uterus and utérus

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

PronunciationEdit

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.təɹ.əs/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: u‧ter‧us

NounEdit

uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)

1. (anatomy) An organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth; the womb.

SynonymsEdit

• matrix (now archaic)
• metra
• womb

Derived termsEdit

• uterine
• corpus uteri

Related termsEdit

• hystera
• hysteria
• hysterectomy
• in utero

TranslationsEdit

womb — see womb

Further readingEdit

• uterus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• uterus in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• uterus at OneLook Dictionary Search

AnagramsEdit

• suture

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LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• uterum

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *udero-, "belly."; cf. Greek ὕδερος (hyderos, "swollen belly"/dropsy), Avestan udara, Sanskrit udára.

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.te.rus/, [ˈʊ.tɛ.rʊs]

NounEdit

uterus m (genitive uterī); second declension

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
2. fetus, newborn
3. belly, paunch

InflectionEdit

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	uterus	uterī
genitive	uterī	uterōrum
dative	uterō	uterīs
accusative	uterum	uterōs
ablative	uterō	uterīs
vocative	utere	uterī

Related termsEdit

• ūter
• uterculus
• uterīnus

DescendantsEdit

• Catalan: úter
• English: uterus
• French: utérus

• Italian: utero
• Romanian: uter
• Spanish: útero

ReferencesEdit

• uterus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• uterus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “uterus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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MalayEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /utərus/

NounEdit

uterus (Jawi spelling اوتروس‏, plural uterus-uterus)

1. (anatomy) Womb, uterus

SynonymsEdit

• peranakan
• kandung
• kandungan
• rahim