UTERUS (uteri)

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Irregular inflected form: uteri   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does uterus mean? 

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

1. a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UTERUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

uterus; womb

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

female internal reproductive organ (the reproductive organs of a woman)

Meronyms (parts of "uterus"):

cervix; cervix uteri; uterine cervix (necklike opening to the uterus)

arteria uterina; uterine artery (a branch of the internal iliac artery that supplies the uterus and the upper part of the vagina)

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

uterine cavity (the space inside the uterus between the cervical canal and the Fallopian tubes)

endometrium ((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)

myometrium (the smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus)

placenta (the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uterus"):

venter (the womb)

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

female reproductive system (the reproductive system of females)

 Context examples 

A term used to describe abnormal cells that come from inside the cervix or from the lining of the uterus.

(Atypical Glandular Cell, NCI Dictionary)

The muscular outer layer of the uterus.

(Myometrium, NCI Dictionary)

A broad fold of peritoneum that extends from the side of the uterus to the wall of the pelvis.

(Broad Ligament, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A lump in tissue near the uterus, usually in the ovary or fallopian tube.

(Adnexal mass, NCI Dictionary)

The glandular cells come from the inner part of the cervix or the lining of the uterus.

(AGC, NCI Dictionary)

The smooth muscle lining the uterus.

(Myometrium, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormal cells from the outer walls of the cervix (the lower, narrow end of the uterus).

(Atypical Squamous Cell of Undetermined Significance, NCI Dictionary)

Another gene indicated that cells that line the uterus play a larger-than-expected role in the length of pregnancy.

(New Genetic Discovery May Eventually End Premature Birth, VOA)

A condition in which abnormal cells grow on the thin layer of tissue that covers the cervix (the lower, narrow end of the uterus).

(Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2/3, NCI Dictionary)

Representative examples include the heart, lung, liver, spleen, and uterus.

(Organ, NCI Thesaurus)