FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does female reproductive system mean? 

• FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. the reproductive system of females

  Familiarity information: FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The reproductive system of females

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("female reproductive system" is a kind of...):

genital system; reproductive system (organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring)

Meronyms (parts of "female reproductive system"):

egg cell; ovum (the female reproductive cell; the female gamete)

fanny; female genital organ; female genitalia; female genitals (external female sex organs)

ovary ((vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone)

Fallopian tube; oviduct; uterine tube (either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus)

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

vagina (the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus)

vulva (external parts of the female genitalia)

Bartholin's gland (either of the two posterior vestibular glands that secrete a lubricating mucus; homologous to Cowper's gland in the male)

Holonyms ("female reproductive system" is a part of...):

female body (the body of a female human being)

 Context examples 

An aggressive malignant tumor of the female reproductive system, affecting predominantly elderly menopausal women.

(Malignant Mixed Mesodermal (Mullerian) Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm involving the female reproductive system.

(Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgery performed on the female reproductive system.

(Gynecological Surgical Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm of the female reproductive system (mostly uterus and ovaries) originating from the Muellerian ducts and composed of carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements.

(Malignant Mixed Mesodermal (Mullerian) Tumor, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm that affects the male or female reproductive system.

(Malignant Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

The ovaries are part of the female reproductive system.

(Ovarian Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the male or female reproductive system.

(Non-Neoplastic Reproductive System Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

An epithelial neoplasm of the female reproductive system arising from mesonephric remnants.

(Mesonephric Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A precancerous neoplastic process that arises from the female reproductive system.

(Female Reproductive System Precancerous Condition, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign, precancerous, or malignant neoplasm that affects the female reproductive system.

(Female Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)