uterus
noun
uter·us
| \ ˈyü-tə-rəs
, ˈyü-trəs\
, ˈyü-trəs\
plural uteri\ ˈyü-tə-ˌrī
\
or uteruses
\
or uteruses
Definition of uterus
1
: a muscular organ of the female mammal for containing and usually for nourishing the young during development prior to birth
— called also womb
2
: a structure in some lower animals analogous to the uterus in which eggs or young develop
Examples of uterus in a Sentence
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Instead, one of the Manukyan's embryos was thousands of miles away in the uterus of a Queens woman. — Eric Levenson, CNN, "This couple got a stranger's embryo in an IVF mixup, and someone else gave birth to their baby," 10 July 2019 The embryo would be implanted in the uterus of a surrogate, and allowed to grow to full size to serve as an organ donor. — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, "Embryo experiments take ‘baby steps’ toward growing human organs in livestock," 26 June 2019 Not making a big cut in the uterus decreases the odds that the mother will give birth prematurely and need a cesarean. — Denise Grady, New York Times, "A Boy Who Had Spinal Surgery in the Womb Stands on His Own Two Feet," 24 June 2019 What’s coming out is some blood and extra tissue grown in the uterus to accommodate a pregnancy; once the body realizes it isn’t pregnant, this is no longer necessary. — Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue, "6 Period Myths and the Truth About Them," 28 May 2019 Copper IUDs work by creating an inflammatory, toxic reaction to sperm in the uterus. — Jessica Shepherd, SELF, "An Ob/Gyn Explains if You Actually Need to Check Your IUD Strings," 8 Sep. 2018 Previously, the procedure in the early stages of pregnancy often involved emptying the uterus by suction. — Anna North, Vox, "America’s first generic abortion pill, explained," 20 Aug. 2019 The clinic has done five uterus transplants so far and three have been successful, with two women waiting to attempt pregnancy with new wombs. — CBS News, "First baby born in U.S. from dead donor's transplanted womb," 10 July 2019 This is when the uterus doesn’t contract enough after labor, the Mayo Clinic explains. — Patia Braithwaite, SELF, "11 Health Conditions You Should Know About If You’re Black and Pregnant," 30 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'uterus.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for uterus
uterus
noun
English Language Learners Definition of uterus
medical
: the organ in women and some female animals in which babies develop before birth
See the full definition for uterus in the English Language Learners Dictionary
uterus
noun
uter·us
| \ ˈyü-tə-rəs
\
\
plural uteruses
or uteri\ ˈyü-tə-ˌrī \
Kids Definition of uterus
: the organ of a female mammal in which the young develop before birth
uterus
noun
uter·us
| \ ˈyüt-ə-rəs
\
\
plural uteri\ -ˌrī
\
also uteruses
\
also uteruses
Medical Definition of uterus
: an organ in female mammals for containing and usually for nourishing the young during development prior to birth that consists of a greatly modified and enlarged section of an oviduct (as in rodents and marsupials) or of the two oviducts united (as in the higher primates including humans), that has thick walls consisting of an outer serous layer, a very thick middle layer of smooth muscle, and an inner mucous layer containing numerous glands, and that during pregnancy undergoes great increase in size and change in the condition of its walls
— called also womb
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