uterus

See also: Uterus and utérus

English

Etymology

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈjuː.təɹ.əs/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Hyphenation: u‧ter‧us

Noun

uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)

  1. (anatomy) The womb, an organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.

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Derived terms

Translations
womb — see womb

Further reading
  • uterus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • uterus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • uterus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu.te.rus/, [ˈʊ.tɛ.rʊs]

Noun

uterus m (genitive uterī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uterus uterī
Genitive uterī uterōrum
Dative uterō uterīs
Accusative uterum uterōs
Ablative uterō uterīs
Vocative utere uterī

Descendants

References
  1. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 282
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “uterus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 647

Further reading
  • 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

Malay

Etymology

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /utərus/

Noun

uterus (Jawi spelling اوتروس‎, plural uterus-uterus, informal first-person possessive uterusku, informal second-person possessive uterusmu, third-person possessive uterusnya)

  1. (anatomy) Womb, uterus

Synonyms
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