UTERINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uterine mean? 

• UTERINE (adjective)
  The adjective UTERINE has 1 sense:

1. of or involving the uterus

  Familiarity information: UTERINE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UTERINE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or involving the uterus

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

uterine cancer

Pertainym:

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

 Context examples 

It occurs in the uterine corpus and the cervix.

(Adenomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An uterine contraction that is barely felt.

(Mild Uterine Contraction, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a tumor suppressor role in lung and ovarian carcinomas, uterine leiomyoma and acute promyelocytic leukemia.

(MIRLET7D Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

These are most often associated with the uterine mucosa and the ovary as well as the hematopoietic system and elsewhere.

(Murine Stromal Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MIRLET7D RNA, plays a role in development of many cancers including lung, ovarian, uterine leiomyoma and acute promyelocytic leukemia.

(MIRLET7D wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Fetal heart rate patterns associated with maternal uterine contractions.

(Periodic Fetal Heart Rate Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)

Endometriosis occurs when the uterine tissue lining grows outside of the uterus and is estimated to affect up to 176 million women worldwide.

(Scientists identify spasm in women with endometriosis-associated chronic pelvic pain, National Institutes of Health)

A rare, borderline malignant tumor that arises from the uterine ligament.

(Borderline Uterine Ligament Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

BARD-1 defects are found in primary breast, ovarian and uterine cancers.

(BRCA1 Associated RING Domain Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Tumors or cancer of the uterine cervix.

(Cervical Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)