Definition of uterus

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Uterus (n.) A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Append..

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Didelphic :: Didelphic (a.) Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia.
Menses :: Menses (n. pl.) The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs..
Venter :: Venter (n.) The uterus, or womb..
Incapsulation :: Incapsulation (n.) The process of becoming, or the state or condition of being, incapsulated; as, incapsulation of the ovum in the uterus..
Retroversion :: Retroversion (n.) A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus..
Version :: Version (n.) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion..
Exfetation :: Exfetation (n) Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra-uterine fetation.
Metrotomy :: Metrotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the Caesarean section.
Present :: Present (v. i.) To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; -- said of a part of an infant during labor.
Subitaneous :: Subinvolution (n.) Partial or incomplete involution; as, subinvolution of the uterus..
Womb :: Womb (n.) The uterus. See Uterus.
Recto-uterine :: Recto-uterine (a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.
Intrauterine :: Intrauterine (a.) Within the uterus or womb; as, intrauterine hemorrhage..
Fallopian :: Fallopian (a.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; as, the Fallopian tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the uterus..
Pessary :: Pessary (n.) An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition..
Superfete :: Superfetation (n.) The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation..
Parametritis :: Parametritis (n.) Inflammation of the cellular tissue in the vicinity of the uterus.
Anteflexion :: Anteflexion (n.) A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself..
Anteversion :: Anteversion (n.) A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual..
Metroscope :: Metroscope (n.) A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina..
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