endometrium

See also: Endometrium

English

Etymology

From endo- (“inner”) + Late Latin metrium (“womb”), from Ancient Greek μήτριον (mḗtrion, “of a mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛndəˈmiːtɹi.əm/

Noun

endometrium (plural endometria)

1. (anatomy) The mucous membrane that lines the uterus in mammals and in which fertilized eggs are implanted.

Derived terms

• endometrial
• endometric
• endometriosis
• endometrioma
• endometritis
• myoendometrium

Translations

mucous membrane

• Arabic: بطانَة الرحم (ar) f
• Catalan: endometri (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子宫内膜 (zǐgōng nèimó), 子宮內膜／子宫内膜 (zǐgōng nèimó)

• Finnish: kohdun limakalvo
• French: endomètre (fr) m
• German: Endometrium n, Gebärmutterschleimhaut f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: inmheitriam m
• Italian: endometrio (it) m
• Korean: 자궁내막 (jagungnaemak)
• Portuguese: endométrio (pt) m
• Russian: эндоме́трий (ru) m (endométrij)
• Spanish: endometrio m