uterus

See also: Uterus and utérus

English

Etymology

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.təɹ.əs/

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• Hyphenation: u‧ter‧us

Noun

uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)

1. (anatomy) An organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth; the womb.

Synonyms

• matrix (now archaic)
• metra
• womb

Derived terms

• uterine
• corpus uteri

Related terms

• hystera
• hysteria
• hysterectomy
• in utero

Translations

womb — see womb

Further reading

• uterus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• uterus in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• uterus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• suture

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Latin

Alternative forms

• uterum

Etymology

Belongs to the same family as Latin venter, Ancient Greek ὅδερος (hóderos, “belly, uterus”), Sanskrit उदर (udara, “belly, uterus”) and Lithuanian vė̃daras (“intestine, entrails”), but the details are not clear.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.te.rus/, [ˈʊ.tɛ.rʊs]

Noun

uterus m (genitive uterī); second declension

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
2. fetus, newborn
3. belly, paunch

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	uterus	uterī
genitive	uterī	uterōrum
dative	uterō	uterīs
accusative	uterum	uterōs
ablative	uterō	uterīs
vocative	utere	uterī

Related terms

• ūter
• uterculus
• uterīnus

Descendants

• Catalan: úter
• English: uterus
• French: utérus

• Italian: utero
• Romanian: uter
• Spanish: útero

References

• uterus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• uterus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “uterus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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Malay

Etymology

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /utərus/

Noun

uterus (Jawi spelling اوتروس‏, plural uterus-uterus)

1. (anatomy) Womb, uterus

Synonyms

• peranakan
• kandung
• kandungan
• rahim