the organ in women and female animals in which babies develop before they are bornsynonymwombOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivefemaleprepositionin the/somebody’s uterus,within the/somebody’s uterus,out of the/somebody’s uterus,…phrasesthe lining of the uterus,the neck of the uterus,the wall of the uterus,…Seefull entrySee related entries:Internal anatomy,PregnancyWord OriginLatin.Extra examplesA scan determines the position of the baby in the uterus.the baby growing in her uterusthe implantation of the fertilized ovum in the uterus
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