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Uterus

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wombnoun(anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.

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wombnoun(anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.
bicornuate(medicine, botany) Resembling a pair of horns, as a malformed uterus may.
uterinenounA uterine sibling.
unicornuate(medicine) Resembling a single horn, as a malformed uterus may.
didelphysnoun(medicine) A uterine malformation where the uterus assumes a paired shape as a consequence of failure of fusion of the Müllerian ducts.
retroflexed(phonetics) Being retroflex.
cervixnoun(now specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
myomatous(medicine) Of or pertaining to a myoma.
heartnoun(anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
cancernoun(medicine, oncology, pathology) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
didelphic(zoology) Possessing two wombs.
bicornateAlternative form of bicornuate. [(medicine, botany) Resembling a pair of horns, as a malformed uterus may.]
vaccinenoun(immunology) A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.
screeningnounThe showing of a film, typically by projecting it on a screen.
retrovertedTurned or tilted back.
enlargesverb(transitive) To make (something) larger.
involutesnoun(geometry) A curve that cuts all tangents of another curve at right angles; traced by a point on a string that unwinds from a curved object.
relaxesverb(intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
uteronoun
uterine cavityThe uterine cavity is the inside of the uterus.

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