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The uterus (from Latin uterus, pl.: uteri or uteruses) or womb (/ w uː m /) is the organ in the reproductive system of most female mammals, including humans, that accommodates the embryonic and fetal development of one or more fertilized eggs until birth. [1]
Greek κόλπος (kólpos), bosom, womb; hollow, depth colposcopy: com-with, together Latin cum: communicate contra-against Latin contrā: contraindication: cor-with, together Latin cor-corrective cor-of or pertaining to the eye's pupil: Greek κόρη (kórē), girl, doll; pupil of the eye corectomy: cord(i)-
The womb is a major female hormone-responsive reproductive sex organ of most mammals. Womb may also refer to: Womb (nightclub), in Tokyo, Japan; Womb; Womb, a 2020 album by Purity Ring; Womb, a cultivar of Karuka; Wombs, a Japanese series by Yumiko Shirai "Womb", a song by Apparatus from Apparatus
It is a popular misconception that the term "woman" is etymologically connected to "womb". [12] " Womb" derives from the Old English word wamb meaning ' belly, uterus ' [ 13 ] (cognate to the modern German colloquial term " Wamme " from Old High German wamba for ' belly, paunch, lap ' ).
The word vulva is Latin for "womb". It derives from the 1540s in referring to the womb and female sexual organs, from the earlier volvere meaning to turn, roll or revolve, with further derivatives such as used in volvox , and volvulus (twisted bowel).
Uterus didelphys (from Ancient Greek di- 'two' and delphus 'womb'; sometimes also uterus didelphis) represents a uterine malformation where the uterus is present as a paired organ when the embryogenetic fusion of the Müllerian ducts fails to occur.
womb: virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana: dendr-, dendri-, dendro-, -dendron, -dendrum G δένδρον (déndron) tree Philodendron, Dendrobium, Rhododendron: dendro – dendron – dendrum: derma: G δέρμα (dérma) skin: yellow staining mushroom, Agaricus xanthodermus: All pages with titles beginning with Derm: di-G δι-(di-) two
That stage of fetal development when the life of the unborn child may be continued indefinitely outside the womb by natural or artificial life-support systems. The constitutionality of this statutory definition (V.A.M.S. (Mo.),188.015) was upheld in Planned Parenthood of Central Mo. v. Danforth, 428 U.S. 52,96 S.Ct 2831, 49 L.Ed.2d 788.