uterus

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”), from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.tə.ɹəs/

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• Hyphenation: u‧ter‧us

uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)

1. (anatomy) A reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.
   1. (zoology) A similar part in some non-mammals.

• matrix (now archaic)
• metra
• womb

• Müllerian ducts - embryological precursor
• internal genitalia

• hystera
• hysteria
• hysterectomy
• in utero

• → Czech: uterus
• → Malay: uterus
• → Swahili: uterasi

• “uterus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “uterus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “uterus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• suture

• uter

Borrowed from English uterus, from Latin uterus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈutɛrus]
• Hyphenation: ute‧rus

uterus m inan

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonym: děloha

• “uterus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “uterus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Learned borrowing from Latin uterus, from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʊtɛrʊs]
• Rhymes: -ɛrʊs
• Hyphenation: utè‧rus

utèrus (first-person possessive uterusku, second-person possessive uterusmu, third-person possessive uterusnya)

1. (anatomy, medicine, zoology) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: kandungan, peranakan, rahim

• uterus /utərus/ (Standard Malay)

• “uterus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• uterum

From Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +‎ *-eros (contrastive suffix).^[1][2]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu.te.rus/, [ˈʊt̪ɛrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.te.rus/, [ˈuːt̪erus]

uterus m (genitive uterī); second declension

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

Second-declension noun.

• uterculus
• uterīnus

• “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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

• IPA^(key): /utərus/
• Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus

uterus (Jawi spelling اوتروس, plural uterus-uterus, informal 1st possessive uterusku, 2nd possessive uterusmu, 3rd possessive uterusnya)

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: peranakan, kandung, kandungan, rahim

• utèrus (Indonesian)

• “uterus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Latin uterus.

• IPA^(key): /uˈte.ɾus/
• Hyphenation: u‧te‧rus

uterus (definite accusative uterusu, plural uteruslar)

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonyms: döl yatağı, (obsolete) meşime, rahim

• “uterus”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uterus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük