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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("womb" is a kind of...):
female internal reproductive organ (the reproductive organs of a woman)
Meronyms (parts of "womb"):
cervix; cervix uteri; uterine cervix (necklike opening to the uterus)
arteria uterina; uterine artery (a branch of the internal iliac artery that supplies the uterus and the upper part of the vagina)
Fallopian tube; oviduct; uterine tube (either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus)
uterine cavity (the space inside the uterus between the cervical canal and the Fallopian tubes)
endometrium ((pregnancy) the mucous membrane that lines the uterus; thickens under hormonal control and (if pregnancy does not occur) is shed in menstruation; if pregnancy occurs it is shed along with the placenta at parturition)
myometrium (the smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus)
placenta (the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "womb"):
venter (the womb)
Holonyms ("womb" is a part of...):
female reproductive system (the reproductive system of females)
Context examples:
This new research was conducted to understand why, and whether this sex difference may be due to how the male and female fetuses are supported within the womb in an aged mother.
(Placenta changes could mean male offspring of older mums more likely to develop heart problems in later life, University of Cambridge)
Your twelfth house, where so many planets are now, echoes the place you were before you were born, the womb, the reason it is considered such a strongly creative place in the chart.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Hiccups begin in the womb at just nine weeks gestational age, making them one of the earliest established patterns of activity.
(Baby Hiccups Key to Brain Development, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Exposure to acetaminophen in the womb may increase a child’s risk for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder.
(Acetaminophen exposure in pregnancy linked to higher risk of ADHD, autism, National Institutes of Health)
He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Female mice exposed in utero, or in the womb, to low levels of arsenic through drinking water displayed signs of early puberty and became obese as adults.
(Low-level arsenic exposure before birth associated with early puberty and obesity in female mice, NIH)
It was the curse of mankind that these incongruous faggots were thus bound together—that in the agonised womb of consciousness, these polar twins should be continuously struggling.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Oxygen deprivation — before, during, and just after birth may result from a number of causes, including compression of the umbilical cord, loss of blood from a tear in the placenta or a tear in the womb.
(Longer cooling, lower temperature no improvement for infant oxygen deprivation, NIH)
SYN metra, womb.
(Murine Corpus Uteri, NCI Thesaurus)
A combination of factors including the transition from the liver to the bone marrow for erythropoiesis in a neonate, blood loss experienced during delivery, the shortened life span of fetal blood cells, and an acclimation to a relatively hyperoxic environment outside the womb can predispose a neonate to this condition.
(Anemia of Prematurity, NCI Thesaurus)
