uterus

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females

2. 2
   noun

   A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *úderos Latin uteruslbor. English uterus Learned borrowing from Latin uterus.

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