IN UTERO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in utero mean? 

• IN UTERO (adverb)
  The adverb IN UTERO has 1 sense:

1. in the uterus

  Familiarity information: IN UTERO used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN UTERO (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In the uterus

Context example:

the child was infected in utero from the mother

 Context examples 

The retrieval of blood sample from the umbilical cord while the fetus is in utero.

(Intrauterine Cordocentesis, NCI Thesaurus)

An umbilical cord that has become looped around the fetus's neck from movement in utero.

(Nuchal Cord, NCI Thesaurus)

Exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in utero or pre-conception.

(Perinatal Exposure, NCI Thesaurus)

Bowel perforation in utero that may result in meconium peritonitis.

(In Utero Bowel Perforation, NCI Thesaurus)

It leads to death in utero or shortly thereafter.

(Hemobglobin Bart's Hydrops, NCI Thesaurus)

Errors in metabolic processes resulting from inborn genetic mutations that are inherited or acquired in utero.

(Congenital Metabolic Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It also infects rats and newborn hamsters and is apparently transmitted vertically to embryos in utero and through mother's milk.

(Moloney Leukemia Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Hypoxia in utero, caused by conditions such as inadequate placental function (often abruptio placentae), preeclamptic toxicity, prolapse of the umbilical cord, or complications from anesthetic administration.

(Fetal Hypoxia, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms indicative of a state of duress to a fetus while in utero.

(Fetal Distress, NCI Thesaurus)

Female mice exposed in utero, or in the womb, to low levels of arsenic through drinking water displayed signs of early puberty and became obese as adults.

(Low-level arsenic exposure before birth associated with early puberty and obesity in female mice, NIH)