ENDOMETRIUM (endometria)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: endometria   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does endometrium mean? 

• ENDOMETRIUM (noun)
  The noun ENDOMETRIUM has 1 sense:

1. (pregnancy) the mucous membrane that lines the uterus; thickens under hormonal control and (if pregnancy does not occur) is shed in menstruation; if pregnancy occurs it is shed along with the placenta at parturition

  Familiarity information: ENDOMETRIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDOMETRIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(pregnancy) the mucous membrane that lines the uterus; thickens under hormonal control and (if pregnancy does not occur) is shed in menstruation; if pregnancy occurs it is shed along with the placenta at parturition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("endometrium" is a kind of...):

mucosa; mucous membrane (mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior)

Meronyms (substance of "endometrium"):

decidua (the epithelial tissue of the endometrium)

Domain category:

gestation; maternity; pregnancy (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)

Holonyms ("endometrium" is a part of...):

uterus; womb (a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus)

Derivation:

endometrial (of or relating to the endometrium)

 Context examples 

A primary endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium characterized by the presence of a component with undifferentiated malignant cells.

(Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma with an Undifferentiated Carcinomatous Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A primary endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium characterized by the presence of spindled malignant epithelial cells.

(Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma with Spindled Epithelial Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

A primary endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium characterized by the presence of a component with poorly differentiated carcinoma cells.

(Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma with a Poorly Differentiated Carcinomatous Component, NCI Thesaurus)

The neoplastic glands resemble those of the normal endometrium and may or may not be associated with sheet-like proliferation of malignant cells.

(Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A space inside the uterus lined by a layer of mucus membranes called the endometrium.

(Endometrial Cavity, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the endometrium.

(Endometrial disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

An endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising from the endometrium, in which ciliated cells line the majority of the malignant glands.

(Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, Ciliated Variant, NCI Thesaurus)

An endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising from the endometrium.

(Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, Secretory Variant, NCI Thesaurus)

A primary endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium characterized by the presence of eosinophilic malignant glandular epithelial cells.

(Oxyphilic Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An aggressive cancer that usually affects the uterus/endometrium, peritoneum, or ovary.

(Papillary serous carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)