utérin

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin uterīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.te.ʁɛ̃/

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Adjective

utérin (feminine utérine, masculine plural utérins, feminine plural utérines)

1. (relational) uterus; uterine

   muqueuse utérine ― endometrium

   col utérin ― cervix

2. uterine (born of the same mother but of a different father)

   Coordinate term: consanguin

   sœur utérine ― uterine sister

Derived terms

• intra-utérin

Related terms

• utérus

Further reading

• “utérin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• réunit, réunît