uterine
/ˈjutəɹaɪn/
uterine adjective: of or pertaining to the uterus.
Adjective
uterine (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the uterus.
- It has been reported that periparturient cows undergo a period of immunosuppression of various immunological parameters associated with a high susceptibility to uterine and mammary infections […]2015 August 29, “Different Blood Cell-Derived Transcriptome Signatures in Cows Exposed to Vaccination Pre- or Postpartum”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
- Synonyms:
- wombly
- Born of the same mother but of a different father.
- uterine siblings
Noun
uterine (plural uterines)
- A uterine sibling.
uterine meaning in Hindi and Tamil
uterine in Hindi
- uterine
- यौन yaun
uterine in Tamil
- கருப்பைக் குரிய, கருப்பைக்குரிய, கருப்பைக்குள், கருப்பையின், கருப்பையிற்குரிய
Examples of uterine in a sentence
- Menstruating patients and those with abnormal uterine bleeding should be careful to avoid undersupplementation of iron.
- Athos and Cetaganda are the two worlds of the Vorkosiverse most reliant on uterine replicator births.
- There may have been uterine caves in the vicinity suggesting a vaginoid entrance to the underworld.
Synonyms of uterine
Forms of uterine
| plural | uterines |
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Origin of uterine
From Middle French utérin, from Latin uterinus (“pertaining to the womb; born of the same mother”), from Latin uterus (“womb”). Related to English uterus. By surface analysis, uter- + -ine.
Words formed from uterine
- absolute uterine factor infertility
- AUFI
- absolute uterine infertility
- AUIF
- cervicouterine
- extrauterine
- intrauterine device
- intrauterine insemination
- intra-uterine
- intrauterine
- intrauterinely
- nonuterine
- parauterine
- periuterine
- postuterine
- rectouterine
- retrouterine
- sacrouterine
- transuterine
- ureterouterine
- uterine cancer
- uterine cycle
- uterine factor infertility
- uterine gland
- uterine horn
- uterine inertia
- uterine infertility
- uterine isthmus
- uterine nephew
- uterine tube
- vesicouterine
- vulvo-uterine
- vulvouterine
Phrases with uterine
Questions about uterine
- What does uterine mean?
- Uterine means of or pertaining to the uterus.
- What is uterine in Hindi?
- Uterine in Hindi is यौन (yaun). See Uterine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is uterine?
- Uterine can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce uterine?
- Uterine is pronounced /ˈjutəɹaɪn/.
Words near uterine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: uterine (page history and authors); यौन (Hindi) (page history and authors); uterine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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