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uterus

Syllables: u·ter·us/ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/

uterus noun: a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.

uterus: a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth
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Noun

uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)

  1. (countable) A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
    Synonyms:
    womb, belly, matrix, metra
    1. (countable) A similar part in some non-mammals.

uterus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

uterus in Hindi

गर्भाशय, गर्भाशयं

uterus in Tamil

கருப்பை

uterus in Marathi

गर्भाशय, गर्भाशयाचे, गर्भाशयाचा

uterus in Urdu

بچہ دان, دھرن, رحم, یونی
More languagesFewer languages
uterus in Bengali
জরায়ু joraẏu
uterus in Telugu
గర్భకోశము garbhakōśamu
uterus in Malayalam
ഗർഭാശയം gaṟbhāśayaṁ, യോനി yōni
uterus in Kannada
ಬಸಿರುಚೀಲ, ಬಸಿರು, ಗರ್ಭಕೋಶ, ಗರ್ಭಾಶಯ
uterus in Punjabi
ਬੱਚੇਦਾਨੀ baccedānī
uterus in Gujarati
ગર્ભાશય, ગર્ભાશયનું
uterus in Odia
ଗର୍ଭାଶଯ଼
uterus in Nepali
गर्भाशय, गर्भाशयन, गर्भाशय़

Examples of uterus in a sentence

  • Ultrasound showed that she had a retroflexed uterus.
  • You can tell he genuinely cares about teaching, because why else would he wear a uterus costume!
  • In didelphic uterus the uterus above the cervix is divided into two separate cavities.

All 27 example sentences with uterus

Synonyms of uterus

Forms of uterus

pluraluteri
pluraluteruses

Plural of uterus: uteri or uteruses

Origin of uterus

Learned borrowing from Latin uterus.

Words formed from uterus

Questions about uterus

What does uterus mean?
Uterus means a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
What is uterus in Hindi?
Uterus in Hindi is गर्भाशय, गर्भाशयं. See Uterus meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is uterus?
Uterus is a noun.
How do you pronounce uterus?
Uterus is pronounced /ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/.
What is the plural of uterus?
The plural of uterus is uteri.

Words near uterus in the dictionary

  1. uterotropics
  2. uterotubal
  3. uterovaginal
  4. uteroventral
  5. uterovesical
  6. uterus
  7. uterus bicornis
  8. uterus didelphis
  9. uterus didelphys
  10. uteruses
  11. uteruslike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: uterus (page history and authors); uterus (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uterus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); uterus (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uterus (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); জরায়ু (Bengali) (page history and authors); గర్భకోశము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ഗർഭാശയം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); uterus (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਬੱਚੇਦਾਨੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); uterus (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uterus (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); uterus (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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